This 30-minute Christmas musical tells of the birth of Jesus with the fun use of rhyme. There are six distinct speakers who deliver the dialogue in short rhyming stanzas that detail the events of the Christmas story. The lines are so simple that lower elementary children could be assigned parts. Costumed children could reenact a nativity scene. There are eight songs; some of them are new and some are familiar carols done in a new "swing" or "big band" feel. Kids will enjoy learning and singing them. This is a very simple musical to produce. If using puppets, they could do some of the dialogue or some of the songs. It is a musical that would be best suited to do as choir/puppet or choir/drama mix. There are seven songs and ones that are easy to learn or perform.

Listening CD tracks are:

• Tell Me the Story of Christmas
• Dialogue 1
• The Answer is "Yes"
• Dialogue 2
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• Dialogue 3
• Stranger in the Manger
• Dialogue 4
• Walkin' Like a Wise Man
• Dialogue 5
• A Strange Way to Save the World
• Dialogue 6
• When I think of Christmas
• Finale (Stranger in the Manger Reprise with Joy to the World!)

Songbook contains the song lyrics, simple melody accompaniment, drama segments, and activities for the children.

Listening CD is a recording of the complete musical, including all the music, drama, solo, and choir singing voices. If you are performing totally with puppets, without any live parts, this is the only CD you need.

CD Fun Pack* contains Listening CD, Poster, and Toy.

Bulletins* 8 1/2" x 11" single-fold, 100 pack

Posters* 11" x 17", 12 pack

Split-track Accompaniment CD* has the instruments only on one track of the CD, and the singing voices on the other track. It must be played on a system that has a "left and right" or stereo control. This makes it possible to dial the voices out and have just the music, to dial the music out and have just the voices, or to adjust the levels anywhere in between. This CD does not contain the recorded dialogue.

*Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery

Our evaluations for:
Live Choir	Puppet Teams	Choir and Puppets