Puppets Christmas Show

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Opening

Announce:
Merry Christmas, and welcome to, “The Puppet’s Christmas Show”! If you have a better idea for a title let us know. You see after we told the marketing department our idea of a show written and performed just by us puppets, they...uhh...they sorta...um...
Carol:
They quit.
Announce:
Well I don’t know if I’d call it that...
Carol:
They quit. They said they wanted to market a good idea. Where ya want these greens?
Announce:
Over there.
Guy:
Hey, Carol, help me with these lights.
Announce:
What happened to you?
Carol:
He was trying to untangle the lights.
Announce:
Doesn’t look like he was successful.
Carol:
No, it doesn’t.
Guy:
Well you guys are sure being helpful.
Horace:
I’m ready for the show. How’s this – “To be or not to be – that is the question...”
Announce:
Horace, this is a Christmas show.
Horace:
Oh, how about, “Friends, Puppets, Audience, lend me your ears...”
Carol:
I’d love to, but I don’t have any.
Horace:
Hey you’re right.
Carol:
Yep, no ears. I’ve been thinking about sending myself back.
Announce:
Horace, can you do something a little more Christmasey?
Horace:
How ‘bout I wrap myself in lights and hop around.
Guy:
Very funny.
Announce:
Sorry, but that’s already been done.
Horace:
I guess I’m just not original enough. I’ll think of something.
Gramps:
Testing, testing, one two three...can you hear me Guy.
Guy:
Sure can Gramps.
Gramps:
Say something to me Guy.
Guy:
I’d love to, but I can’t reach the switch. I’m a little tied up at the moment.
Gramps:
Oh, I see.
Pricilla:
I’m the star – right?
Announce:
Sure Pricilla you can be a star. I think we need one for the closing act. There’s a costume back stage.
Pricilla:
Oh great, I’m the star...
Announce:
I don’t think she quite understands what I meant...
Pricilla:
Wait...you mean a real star!
Announce:
Tonight we have something really special planned...we have written a heartwarming Christmas story entitled, “Little Red and Green Riding Hood and The Big Bad Scrooge”. We hope you enjoy it.

Three Little Notes

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Voice:
Once upon a time, in a land very, very, far away, but a land that exhibited qualities very similar to our own, except that some animals, and even quite a few inanimate objects, could talk, there lived a little girl that everyone called ‘Little Red and Green Riding Hood’. Everyone called her ‘Little Red and Green Riding Hood’ because that’s what her mother named her. Now her mother named her that because of two things. One, she was born on Christmas Day, and two, her mother was heavily sedated at the time, and for some strange reason it seemed like a good name. However, in the same fictitious land, where this fictitious little girl lived, there was a fictitious old man, who everybody called ‘The Big Bad Scrooge’.
Gramps:
Hey that’s me. Well, I’m really Gramps, but in this story I’m supposed to be, ‘The Big Bad Scrooge’. Now what was my line? Oh, that’s right. Ba-hum-bag.
Voice:
Everyone called him ‘The Big Bad Scrooge’...
Gramps:
Ba-hum-bee.
Voice:
...because that’s what he was. Every Christmas he tried to make as many people miserable as possible. And this year was no different. Now back to Little Red and Green Riding Hood – she had a lot to do today...first she was going to stop by and visit the Three Little Notes. They needed her to make a quartet. The four of them were going to go caroling...
Red:
Hello, Three Little Notes.
Notes:
Hello Little Red and Green Riding Hood whose mother was heavily sedated when she named you.
Red:
You sound sad today Three Little Notes.
Voice:
And indeed they were sad. You see The Big Bad Scrooge...
Gramps:
Be-ham-bug.
Voice:
...had taken the third and fifth tones of there scale and made them a half step lower.
Note1:
We are sad, The Big Bad Scrooge took our third and fifth tones and made them a half step lower.
Red:
Oh, I’m so sorry. What does that mean?
Voice:
It meant that no matter how hard the notes tried they always sang in a minor key.
Note2:
It means that no matter how hard we try...
Note3:
...we always sing in a minor key.
Note1:
Here, listen.
Notes:
We wish you a Merry Christmas...
Note3:
See what we mean...
Note2:
It’s horrible...
Voice:
She agreed...
Red:
I agree...
Voice:
...and then continued on her way...
Red:
...well got to go...

Good King Wenceslas

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Voice:
...next she was going to meet The Good King Wenceslas ...and together they were going to go to the feast of Steven.
Horace:
Well, hello Little Red and Green Riding Hood.
Red:
Hello good king Wenceslas, hello Mrs. Good King Wenceslas.
Pricilla:
Hello Little Red and Green Riding Hood. Is it time for my close up? Should I sing now?
Horace:
Actually darling we were going to go to the Feast of Steven.
Voice:
And so they were, except that the food of Steven, which had been prepared for the feast of Steven, had been taken out of the refrigerator and was now spoiled. And what’s a feast without food?
Horace:
Little Red and Green Riding Hood – I know we all were going to the feast of Steven but the food for the feast was taken out of the refrigerator and is now spoiled.
Red:
And what’s a feast without food?
Voice:
So they decided not to go...
Horace:
I don’t think we should go...
Pricilla:
You’re right, maybe I should sing?
Horace:
No I don’t think you should do that, in fact I think we need to be going so that the touching and heartwarming story of Little Red and Green Riding Hood and The Big Bad Scrooge can be finished.
Voice:
But before he left The Good King Wenceslas told her that The Big Bad Scrooge...
Gramps:
Ba-hum-bang.
Voice:
...was the one who had left the food out.
Horace:
Before I leave, let me tell you that it was The Big Bad Scrooge who left the food out.
Red:
Oh no, what else has he done?
Voice:
...she wondered as she hurried to meet the young lady who lived in a shoe, who had so many presents she didn’t know what to do.

Cooking With Guy

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Announce:
We’ll finish the touching and heartwarming story of Little Red and Green Riding Hood in a few minutes. But first we have something all you guys will enjoy. We’ve put together a special episode of “Cooking with Guy, for Guys, by Guys”. Now here’s your Guy, the Guy for all guys – Guy the stage guy.
Guy:
I’m here for you guys. Welcome to “Cooking with Guy, for Guys, by Guy”. I’m Guy, the Guy, your Guy – Guy the stage guy.
(wild applause)
Guy:
Today we have a very special program. All right guys, you want to impress the gals? Here’s how – tell ‘em you’ll make Christmas Dinner. All of it, all by yourself. Today I’m going to show you how to do that, in under five minutes. You ready? Here’s how. First make sure all the gals are out of the kitchen.
Carol:
What ‘ch do’in Guy?
Guy:
I’m making a Christmas Dinner, Carol.
Carol:
This I got’ta see.
Guy:
Oh sure, stay and watch. By the way did you know they’re having an ‘Anne of Green Gables’ special? All of them straight through with no interruptions. And they just started.
Carol:
Ohhh!
Guy:
Works every time. Just remember to hide the remote – unless ‘Anne of Green Gables’ is actually on. But then if it is, don’t worry about cooking dinner – they’ll be glued to the TV for the next twelve hours. Anyway, now that it’s just us guys, here’s what you do. Pick up a phone and dial 1-800-Cook-Guy. Have a credit card ready. Within minutes we’ll have that dinner delivered right to your door.
(doorbell)
Carol:
Guy there’s someone at the door.
Guy:
Don’t worry – I’ll get it. Thanks for watching “Cooking with Guy, for Guys, by Guys” and I’m the guy behind you guys – Guy the stage Guy. Tune in next time when we’ll show how useful guy wires can be in the kitchen – don’t cook without one.
(wild applause)
Announce:
You never know what to expect from Guy. Now back to our touching and heartwarming story, “Little Red and Green Riding Hood and The Big Bad Scrooge”.

Young Lady Who Lives In A Shoe

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Voice:
Little Red and Green Riding Hood soon reached the house, er, shoe, of the Young Lady Who Lived in a Shoe, and had so many presents she didn’t know what to do.
Red:
Hi, Young Lady who Lives in a Shoe and has so many presents you don’t know what to do.
Carol:
Oh, Hi Little Red and Green Riding Hood.
Voice:
Like everyone else the Young Lady who Lived in a Shoe sounded sad.
Carol:
Who’s that?
Red:
That’s the Voice guy.
Carol:
Is he cute?
Red:
I don’t know, I’ve never seen him.
Carol:
Oh. Where were we?
Red:
You were sad...
Carol:
Oh yes, I’m sad...
Red:
You sound sad Young Lady who Lives in a Shoe...
Carol:
I am sad, I have so many presents I didn’t know what to do.
Red:
You could give them away.
Voice:
And she was going to...however The Big Bad Scrooge...
Gramps:
Bo-Hum-Bud
Voice:
...had come along and tied a double knot in her shoe’s shoelace, and she couldn’t get to her presents.
Carol:
I was going to give them away, and I was going to give one to you, but The Big Bad Scrooge came along and put a big double knot in the shoelace of my shoe, and now I can’t get to the presents.
Voice:
That’s why she was sad...
Red:
Oh, so that’s why you’re sad...
Carol:
Yes, that’s why I’m sad...
Voice:
The Big Bad Scrooge
Gramps:
Bug-Hump-Bro
Voice:
...was really trying to make people miserable.
Red:
The Big Bad Scrooge is really trying to make people mis...mis...
Voice:
Miserable.
Red:
... miserable.
Voice:
Because Little Red and Green Riding Hood could not undo double knots either, she decided to continue on her way.
Red:
I can’t get out double knots either, so I’d better be going.

Grandmother Hubbard

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Voice:
Little Red and Green Riding Hood had one more place to stop, grandmother Hubbard’s house where they were going to make cookies using the ingredients grandmother Hubbard had in her cupboard.
Red:
Hi Grandmother Hubbard, are you ready to make cookies?
Grandma:
Little Red and Green Riding Hood, we can’t make cookies.
Red:
Why not?
Voice:
They couldn’t make cookies because The Big Bad Scrooge
Gramps:
Ba-Hum-Snug
Voice:
...had taken all the cookie ingredients out of the cupboard and replaced them with curds and whey...
Grandma:
Who’s that?
Red:
That’s the Voice guy.
Grandma:
Really, I’ve never met a Voice guy before. Hi!
Voice:
Nice to meet you.
Grandma:
What’s it like being a Voice guy?
Voice:
It’s a wonderful life.
Grandma:
Little Red and Green Riding Hood, we can’t make cookies because The Big Bad Scrooge replaced the cookie ingredients with curds and whey.
Red:
Euw, yuck, I don’t know why Little Miss Muffin likes that stuff.
Grandma:
And we can’t make cookies out of curds and whey.
Red:
That’s for sure.
Grandma:
Don’t worry, we’ll bake cookies some other time. Now you better run along home.
Voice:
So Little Red and Green Riding Hood headed for her house.
Gramps:
Petty good show, don’t ya think?
Guy:
Sure is, best show I’ve seen in a long time...
Gramps:
That’s because you’ve been in most of them...
Guy:
Very funny Gramps.
Gramps:
No I meant you haven’t seen a good show because you’ve been in them, I mean you can’t see them when your in...oh, never mind...

Breaking News

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(important news theme)

Horace:
We interrupt for a breaking news story. I’m Horace Greenpuppet and you’re watching the Puppet News Network. It seems that The Big Bad Scrooge is at it again. We have reports pouring in as we speak...well, I guess ‘we’ don’t speak, I just speak...but there reports coming. We have confirmed that the Three Little Notes have had their third and fifth tones made a half step lower, and every song they now try to sing is sung in a minor key. Uh...we have also confirmed that...wait...wait...the feast of Steven has been cancelled...The Good King Wenceslas will not be attending. Also at a press conference earlier today the young lady that lives in a shoe and has so many presents she doesn’t know what to do Announceed that she would give all her presents away. However it seems that a large double knot has been tied into her shoe, and she can’t get to her presents and she doesn’t know what to do – well what’s new? Elsewhere Grandmother Hubbard’s cookie ingredients have been replaced with curds and way. It seems that all fingers point one way, the Big, Bad, Scrooge. Wait, wait, we have news that has not even been broken. We’re going live to Carol at a mall somewhere. Carol what is going on there?
Carol:
Well, Horace, as you know – the toy that every child wants for Christmas is the Chia Pet Action Figure. However stores all over the country haven’t received and shipments of the Chia Pet Action Figure. We dug deep, very deep, and we found out that the company that makes Chia Pet Action Figure, the Chia Pet Action Figure company, was purchased by none other than Mr. Big Bad Scrooge. Although many stores are seeking legal recourse it seems certain that no one will have a Chia Pet Action Figure this Christmas. No one except Mr. Big Bad Scrooge. Let's go to Carol at the mall.
Carol:
As you can see behind me, the mall is virtually empty. There is no reason to be here, there are no Chia Pet Action Figure. I’m Carol, reporting for the Puppet News Network. Back to you Horace...
Horace:
Thank you Carol, how will people survive this Christmas with out a Chia Pet Action Figure. It looks like this year The Big Bad Scrooge will accomplish his goal of making everyone’s Christmas miserable...wait, wait, it seems that not everyone is miserable...investigative reporter Guy has found one young lady who is not miserable. Guy who is this little girl?
Guy:
Her name is Little Red and Green Riding Hood. Her mother named her that because she was born on Christmas Day. There are also unconfirmed reports that her mother was heavily sedated at the time of her birth and did not realize what she was naming her daughter, but the name seems to have stuck. And this little girl is not miserable, even though Mr. Big Bad Scrooge has done his best or his worst. I am on my way to meet her, and get an exclusive interview. I sure we all should hear what she has to say.
Horace:
Yes, yes we should. Guy, let us know when you’re ready with the interview.
Guy:
I will Horace...
Horace:
We will be back with that interview when we have it. Until then we return you to the Puppet’s Christmas Show, and as always if you have a better idea for a name, please let us know.

The Star

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Pricilla:
Where is everyone? Oh well, I guess it’s my turn. I’m gonna be a star – Horace come play the piano for me – it’s my big chance, for once I’m the star...
Gramps:
Hey look at that star...
Guy:
She’s never been there before...
Gramps:
...and I bet she won’t be there for long.
Announce:
Wait Pricilla, your agent’s on the phone.
Pricilla:
Oh, I’ll be right back...
Announce:
And we’ll continue our show...
Pricilla:
Wait a second...I don’t have an agent...
Announce:
Now no Christmas show would be complete without the Christmas Story. So here it is.

Christmas Story

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Red:
Grandma, can you tell me the Christmas story?
Grandma:
I sure can honey.
Red:
Oh, goodie...
Grandma:
It starts in a town named Nazareth. In that town there lived a young lady named Mary.
Red:
And she was going to marry Joseph, right?
Grandma:
That’s right, she was. One day an angel came and talked to Mary. He told her that she would give birth to a child, and this child was the Son of God – the Messiah.
Red:
What about Joseph?
Grandma:
An angel came to Joseph when he was dreaming, and told him too. Just when it was about time for Mary to have her baby, all the people were commanded to go to the city that they were from. So Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem.
Red:
And then she had her baby?
Grandma:
Just wait...when they got to Bethlehem there was no place for them to stay...so they had to stay in a stable...
Red:
What’s a stable?
Grandma:
That’s the place where they kept the animals. And while they were in the stable, Mary had baby Jesus.
Red:
And she wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him and the manger.
Grandma:
That right sweetie...now on that same night there were shepherds that were taking care of their sheep. And while they were out in the field angles appeared to them.
Red:
And they told them about Jesus?
Grandma:
Yes, they told them that a Saviour had been born, in their town. And that they would find Him in a manger.
Red:
So the shepherds went to find Him.
Grandma:
And they found Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus just where the angles told them they would. After they found Him they went around telling everyone what had happened.
Red:
And that’s what Christmas is all about, right Grandma?
Grandma:
That’s right honey, many people get so involved in Christmas that they forget Christ.
Red:
I’m glad we didn’t forget about Him Grandma.
Grandma:
I’m glad He didn’t forget about us.
Red:
I love you Grandma.
Grandma:
I love you honey.
Red:
I love you Jesus.
Grandma:
And He loves you...that’s why He came...
Red:
Merry Christmas Jesus – thanks for coming...

Interview

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(newsy music)

Horace:
We interrupt for an exclusive interview with Little Red and Green Riding Hood. This little girl continues to be joyful while the rest of us have had our Christmas made miserable by The Big Bad Scrooge. Little Red and Green Riding Hood, thank you for being with us. How do you do it?
Red:
Do what Mr. Horace?
Horace:
How do you continue to be joyful when you couldn’t go caroling with the Three Little Notes, the Feast of Steven was cancelled, the young lady who lives in a shoe can’t get to the present she had for you, you and your grandmother can’t make cookies, and you won’t be getting a ttooyy for Christmas. All this has happened to you, and you still are joyful. We all want to know one thing. How do you do it?
Red:
Mr. Horace, those things aren’t reasons to be joyful at Christmas. I’m joyful because of Jesus’ birth.
Horace:
Of course, but caroling, being with friends and family, presents, making cookies – isn’t that what Jesus’ birth is all about?
Red:
No Mr. Horace, Jesus didn’t come just so we could sing songs about His birth, or just so we could have a reason to give people presents. He didn’t come so we could bake cookies or spend time with our friends and relatives. Those are good things, but they’re not why He came. He came because he loved us, and because He wanted to be our Friend, and our Saviour. And that’s why I’m joyful. Because Jesus loved me enough to be born in a manger, He loved me, and He came so I could know Who God was, and so I could love Him. The Big Bad Scrooge can’t change that – The Big Bad Scrooge will never be able to make my Christmas miserable.
Horace:
Little Red and Green Riding Hood, you’re a very special little girl. It’s a good thing to know that The Big Bad Scrooge will never be able to take away the Joy of Christmas. Thank you Little Red and Green Riding Hood.
Red:
You’re welcome Mr. Horace.
Horace:
Here’s our last new flash tonight, no matter what happens, no one can take away the Joy of Christmas, because – as Little Red and Green Riding Hood put it – “He loved me, and He came so I could know Who God was, and so I could love Him.” That’s where the Joy of Christmas comes from, and no one can change that.

The End

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Announce:

And that’s the touching and heartwarming story “Little Red and Green Riding Hood and The Big Bad Scrooge”. Have you enjoyed it? Here’s one last story, and this one’s not a fairy tale...

Closing

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Voice:

Once upon a time, not so long ago, in a land not so far away. In fact, in the little town of Bethlehem a child was born. This child was not an ordinary child, He was born in a stable, yet angles Announceed His birth. This child was the Son of God – the Messiah. He came to earth because He loved us, and He wanted to provide a way for us to know and love Him. We couldn’t know Him, we couldn’t love Him, because of our sin. So He took that sin upon Himself and made a way for us to have a relationship with Him, a way for us to know Him, and to love Him. He did this on a cross, because He loved us. Then three days later He rose from the grave, and He offers us, He offers you, the opportunity to know Him, to become a child of God, and to have eternal life. But you must accept this gift. It’s not simply yours because He offers it. You must accept this Gift, and open it yourself. No one else can do this for you. Have you accepted this Christmas Gift? If you don’t know Christ, if you haven’t accepted the gift He came to give, you don’t know what Christmas is all about.

Merry Christmas

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Voice:

We hope you’ve enjoyed The Puppet’s Christmas Show. We wish you a Merry Christmas, and we pray you know what Christmas is really all about.

All:

Merry Christmas...