OVERVIEW

Incredible Christmas is a Superhero themed

Christmas program that tells the Christmas story in
a fun new way.

A mysterious figure known as the “Looker-Outer” is

sent to call a girl named Kim to become a super
hero. Although Kim is gifted with amazing powers,
she finds it hard to believe an ordinary girl like
herself can do anything great. The Looker-Outer
points Kim to the Christmas story and the story of
Jesus over and over, showing her that she can do
incredible things and teaching her about the
incredible gift God gave us in Jesus.

Scriptures taken from the NIrV translation of the

Bible.

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MATERIALS NEEDED
PROPS:
A slip of paper
Shepherds crooks
A baby doll (Jesus)
A manger
Blankets

CHARACTERS
The Looker-Outer
Kim - A would-be super hero
Mary
Elizabeth
Bud and Len - Shepherds
An Angel
The Three Kings
Joseph
Kids chorus

COSTUMES SUGGESTION:
Sci-fi/super hero robe for the Looker-Outer
A super hero costume for Kim
Biblical costumes for the Bible characters

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SCENE ONE

The Looker-Outer enters and speaks to the audience.

LOOKER: Greetings, and welcome! You are about to embark on an incredible journey! I have been
sent by the Powers That Be to select a new hero. She is an ordinary child, like many of you, a child
who no more knows her destiny than a pair of boots knows the history of the DC Universe. She will
do stupendous things. Amazing things. Incredible things. She has no idea the great things she will
do. This girl is not the first hero I have called, and I have a feeling she’ll be like all the rest. She will
take one look at me and say… “Who am I to be a hero? How can someone like me do something
incredible?” It’s fitting I was told to meet her now, at Christmas. This is the time when we
remember what great things can be done through lowly people. Christmas is the time we celebrate
the greatest hero of all - a tiny baby with an incredible origin story. To his neighbors he was the son
of a carpenter. To his mother, he was the Son of God. To us, he is the Savior - the one who came
to save us from sin. I know this girl, this new hero can do great things because I know what God
did for me through that baby born in Bethlehem.

The Looker-Outer exits. The Chorus enters.

SONG 1 - “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”

The Chorus exits.

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SCENE TWO

Kim enters with her book bag. She is texting on her cell phone.

KIM: Mom, going to be late. Still studying at the library. Amy, did you write down the page
numbers we were supposed to read tonight for history? Jennifer, what is the dollar limit for the
white elephant gift for the party Friday night? Todd, no chance, I will not go out with you.

Kim pauses, shakes her wrist.

KIM: This texting is hard on the fingers. If only we had a device that would allow us to talk to the
people we communicate with instead of texting. You know, talk to them, voice to voice? I
wonder if I could invent something like that.

Dramatic music plays. The Looker-Outer enters.

KIM: What’s that music playing?

LOOKER: Greetings!

KIM: Oh, hello there.

LOOKER: Do not be afraid!

KIM: Umm, okay, I won’t.

LOOKER: I bring you good news that will change the course of history!

KIM: You do?

LOOKER: I do!

KIM: Okay, let’s hear it.

LOOKER: You have been chosen!

KIM: I have?

LOOKER: Yes, you have!

KIM: Woo hoo! I’m in the play! What part did I get? The Baroness? Liesel? Did I get Maria??

LOOKER: Maria? Maria who?

KIM: The Sound of Music!

LOOKER: The Sound of what? PAGE 4

SCENE TWO

KIM: The spring musical at school! It’s obvious, by your strange costume, you’ve just come from
the theater. What part did I get?

LOOKER: I don’t know about this theater or this spring musical of which you speak.

KIM: So you’re not from the theater?

LOOKER: No.

KIM: Then what’s with the crazy costume?

LOOKER: This is no costume. This is my every day wardrobe.

KIM: Where do you shop, Wizards R Us?

LOOKER: Burlington Mystical Robe Factory, but that’s not important.

KIM: Who are you?

LOOKER: I am the one who sees all. I watch all. I know all.

KIM: Oh, you mean you’re a Watcher, like in the comic books.

LOOKER: No, I’m not a Watcher.

KIM: Then what are you?

LOOKER: I am he who is known as… the Looker-Outer.

KIM The Looker-Outer? That’s an odd name.

LOOKER: You, Kim Davidson, have been chosen.

KIM: You keep saying that, but you haven’t said what I was chosen for.

LOOKER: You have been chosen to be Earth’s newest super hero.

KIM: Say what?

LOOKER: I have come to grant you immense powers beyond your imagination.

KIM: I don’t know, I can imagine quite a lot.

LOOKER: You will have endurance, invincibility, and incredible strength.

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KIM: Really? Will I also shoot lasers out my eyes?

LOOKER: No, but you will be able to fly.

KIM: Fly? I can’t fly. I’m afraid of heights!

LOOKER: You will fly, Kim! You will soar above the clouds, fighting for truth and justice. You will
do mighty things to save even the least of these.

KIM: Aww, you’re crazy. I’m no hero.

LOOKER: You will be!

KIM: Look at me! I’m just a kid. I can barely handle long division, much less saving the world. If
Earth needs a hero, you should talk to one of the guys from the football team. Or better yet, one
of those professional wrestlers. They’re already pretty tough.

LOOKER: The Powers That Be don’t want a professional wrestler. They chose you!

KIM: I’m telling you, they made a mistake.

LOOKER: Is it really so hard to believe someone like you could be a hero?

KIM: Name one young girl who had a heavenly visitor show up and ask her to do something
crazy like this. Name one!

LOOKER: How about Mary?

KIM: Mary?

LOOKER: It’s almost Christmas time. Surely you have a little Nativity set at home with Mary and
Joseph and a certain tiny baby.

KIM: Of course I do.

LOOKER: Then you must know the story of Mary, the girl chosen to raise God’s only son!
Elizabeth enters stage right. Mary enters stage left and runs to Elizabeth.

MARY: Elizabeth! Elizabeth, you won’t believe what just happened to me!

ELIZABETH: Whoa! Steady down there, son!

MARY: Are you okay?

ELIZABETH: I think so. The moment you came in, the baby just did a flip. I think he’s excited.
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MARY: Elizabeth, an angel just appeared to me. He said I was going to have a son, conceived
by the Holy Spirit. God wants me to give birth to the Messiah.

ELIZABETH: Well no wonder my little bundle is jumping for joy. This is a miracle! Praise be to
God!

MARY: I can’t believe God would choose me of all people.

ELIZABETH: It’s what we’ve all been hoping for. But wait… Mary, you aren’t married yet.

MARY: I know.

ELIZABETH: This could be a scandal for you. What will the neighbors say? What will Joseph
say? Oh Mary, you could be in a lot of trouble.

MARY: Elizabeth, this is God’s plan. I don’t know why he’s chosen me or how things will work
out with Joseph. But I trust God.

Mary and Elizabeth exit.

LOOKER: Mary was just a girl when she was told her she would give birth to the Messiah. She
was barely old enough to get married when an angel appeared and told her she would be the
mother of God’s only son.

KIM: I guess I never thought of it that way. How in the world did she do it?

LOOKER: Trust, Kim. Mary trusted God. She trusted him even when she knew no one else
would believe her story. Because of her faith, God used her to begin his plan for saving the
world from sin.

KIM: She must have had a lot of faith. But really, who am I to think I can become a hero?

LOOKER: Kim, if you have faith, you can to incredible things!

KIM: I do have faith in God.

LOOKER: Good!

KIM: I’m just having a hard time finding the faith to believe a guy who calls himself the Looker-
Outer.

Kim and the Looker-Outer exit. The chorus enters.

SONG - “Coventry Carol” or “Mary Did You Know”
After the song, the chorus exits.
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SCENE THREE

Kim enters wearing a super hero costume.

KIM: Well, how do I look?

LOOKER: Hey, looking great, my super friend! How’s it feel being in a real super hero costume?

KIM: I feel kind of silly. Do you really think I have what it takes to be a super hero?

LOOKER: Me? Why I told you, I’m just the Looker-Outer. It’s not for me to say whether you have
super hero potential or not.

KIM: Thanks for the vote of confidence.

LOOKER: But the Powers That Be think very highly of you!

KIM: So what kind of powers am I going to get?

LOOKER: Good question. Let’s see, you’re going to have… Wait, let me find the list.

The Looker-Outer looks in his robe.

LOOKER: I know I put it here some place.

He finds the list.

LOOKER: Ah, here we go! Milk, eggs, box of Honeycomb, instant pudding, egg nog, the little
holiday gumdrop mix with the reds and greens…

KIM: Those aren’t super powers!

LOOKER: Oh! Silly me, that’s my grocery list for later.

He flips the page over.

LOOK: Oh here we go. List of Kim’s super powers. Super speed.

KIM: Nice.

LOOKER: Super strength.

KIM: Cool.

LOOKER: Super long-range hearing.

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KIM: Huh.

LOOKER: Power of flight.

KIM: Still not sure about that one.

LOOKER: And invisibility.

KIM: Invisibility?

LOOKER: Yes! The power to make yourself invisible.

KIM: Ha! Your boss didn’t need to give me that one. I’m pretty invisible as it is.

LOOKER: No you’re not. I can see you standing right next to me.

KIM: Not that kind of invisible. I’m the kind of person nobody notices.

LOOKER: What do you mean?

KIM: I mean I’m not just a kid. I’m a kid who isn’t special. I don’t play sports. I don’t get straight A’s. I
don’t get in trouble with the teacher either.

LOOKER: That’s good!

KIM: But I’m on nobody’s birthday invitation list either. I’m a nobody. I’m surprised anybody even took
notice of me.

LOOKER: Listen to me, Kim, nobody is invisible like that. Not to the Powers That Be.

KIM: How do you know that?

LOOKER: Let’s go back to that Nativity scene I was talking about. Did you ever notice the dirty guys
that hang out just outside the stable?

KIM: Oh, those are GI Joes. My brother puts them there every year because he thinks it’s funny.

LOOKER: No, not the GI Joes. I mean the guys with the long staffs that have a hook on the end, the
shepherds.

KIM: Oh those guys! Is that why they have sheep around them?

LOOKER: That’s it exactly.

KIM: I always wondered why those guys were in the Nativity scene.
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SCENE THREE

The shepherds enter and stand guard, leaning on their shepherd’s crooks. Bud is almost asleep
when Len says…

LEN: Sure is quiet tonight.

BUD: What? Who said that?

LEN: I said that!

BUD: Identify yourself!

LEN: It’s me, Bud! I’m right here!

BUD: Be ye friend or foe?

LEN: Bud, will you calm down? It’s me, Len! I’m right here.

BUD: Oh, Len, sorry. I didn’t see you there.

LEN: I knew it. Sometimes I feel downright… invisible.

BUD: Yeah, tell me about it.

LEN: Here we are, night after night. Just us and the sheep.

BUD: And the occasional wolf.

LEN: Nothing ever happens this far out of town.

BUD: Except the occasional wolf attack.

LEN: Not a creature is stirring.

A wolf howls.

BUD: Well, maybe just one.

LEN: You ever wish something would happen? Something big and exciting?

BUD: No sense wishing for something that won’t come true.

LEN: But what if something did? What if there was a big party and we got invited? Or something
amazing happened and we got to witness it?

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SCENE THREE

BUD: I’m telling you, nothing like that is ever gonna happen to us!

The angel enters.

ANGEL: Greetings.

The shepherds scream in terror.

BUD: It’s a wolf!

LEN: No, Bud, that’s an angel! He’s come to take us to Glory Land!

ANGEL: Boys, don’t be afraid! I bring you good news of great joy, news for the whole world!
Today, in the town of Bethlehem, a Savior has been born. He is Christ the Lord. This will be the
sign for you: you will find him wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. Glory to God
in the Highest! And peace on Earth!

The angel leaves.

BUD: What just happened?

LEN: I think there’s a party and we’re invited. I think something amazing has happened, and that
angel wants us to witness it!

BUD: But we’re just shepherds! We’re nobodies!

LEN: Yeah! And this nobody is headed to Bethlehem to see the newborn Savior!

The shepherds exit.

LOOKER: It’s because they were invited! The Lord sent an angel to invite the shepherds to come
and see what he had done.

KIM: But why invite shepherds? If God was doing something great, why didn’t he invite the
media?

LOOKER: Well, way back then, there was no CNN or Fox News to invite. But even if they were
around, it was more important to him to invite those shepherds.

KIM: Why?

LOOKER: Because no one is invisible in God’s eyes. Not shepherds. Not a poor carpenter and
his new bride. Not even a straight B student who couldn’t shoot a free throw to save her life.

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KIM: The shepherds are still one up on me. At least they got invited to a Christmas party.

LOOKER: Look again, Kim. The invitation wasn’t just for the shepherds. The angels invited
everyone to come and see what God brought into the world when he sent the baby Jesus.

KIM: Even me?

LOOKER: Even you.

The Looker and Kim exit. The chorus enters.

SONG - “Angels from the Realms of Glory” or “Angels We Have

Heard on High”

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The Looker enters stage left. Kim enters, exhausted, from stage right.

LOOKER: Well, look at you, little hero! That was some fancy work you did, stopping that train
derailment and saving that herd of buffalo from being hit by the train cars. How does it feel, saving
so many lives?

KIM: You got any Gatorade?

LOOKER: What?

KIM: Gatorade! I need some Gatorade?

LOOKER: Gator – ade?

KIM: I’ll take whatever you got. Lemon-Lime, Grape, Fruit Punch.

LOOKER: I’m afraid I don’t have any.

KIM: Come on, Looker-Outer! You’re supposed to look out for me! You should know when a girl
needs a Gatorade to replenish her electrolytes!

LOOKER: I only look. I don’t get involved.

KIM: Well that’s a real shame, Looker-Outer, because this girl could use a hand from time to time.

LOOKER: Nonsense! You’re doing great! You haven’t let anyone down yet.

KIM: Yeah, but come on. Saving the world? That’s exhausting! There’s always a burning building, or
a bad guy robbing a bank, or a cat in a tree. How am I supposed to save the whole world? I can’t
even get higher than a B-plus in history!

LOOKER: Calm down, Kim, it’s okay.

KIM: No it’s not okay. The world needs saving, and I… I’m the only one who can save it.

LOOKER: No you’re not.

KIM: What?

LOOKER: You’re not the only one who can save the world. As a matter of fact, there’s only one
who can save the world – and he’s already done it.

KIM: Let me guess. You’re going to talk about the Nativity scene again, aren’t you?

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LOOKER: Of course I am. We’re going right to the heart of the Nativity today, to the baby in the
manger.

KIM: The baby?

LOOKER: Yes!

KIM: Why the baby?

LOOKER: Who do you think saved the world? Whose birth was announced to Mary and the
shepherds? Whose birth attracted the attention of kings from far and wide?

KIM: But you said he was practically invisible.

LOOKER: He wouldn’t stay that was for long.

The three kings enter.

KING 1: Is it really possible? Did we really just see the Messiah?

KING 2: We saw his star in the sky. We followed it to Israel. And the prophecy of Micah pointed
us right to him.

KING 3: It doesn’t make sense. If he is really the Messiah, the man who is going to save Israel,
you would think he would be born in the palace of the king.

KING 2: And I don’t see King Herod giving up his throne any time soon.

KING 1: No, definitely not. I didn’t like the look in his eyes. If that angel hadn’t already warned us
not to tell Herod where the baby was, I’d have said let’s go back another way.

KING 2: I’m with you.

KING 3: Maybe the Messiah wasn’t sent just to save Israel. Maybe he’s not a conquering king
sent to drive away Israel’s enemies.

KING 1: What do you mean?

KING 3: Maybe he’s here to save the whole world from a greater foe.

KING 2: But who could that be?

KING 3: Not who, what. What’s the greatest problem we read in the Hebrew texts? It’s the
problem of sin! Sin caused man to be separated from God. Sin led to the great flood. Sin
required the Hebrews to make sacrifices and atone for their sins.
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KING 1: Yes, I see what you’re saying. But how is a baby going to solve the problem of sin?

KING 3: I don’t know. But I expect there’s a great deal more to what we just saw. That’s no
ordinary baby back there. That’s a child with incredible power!

The kings exit.

LOOKER: That baby was the Son of God. He held the power of the Almighty in his hands. But
he laid it down to live like one of us. He was the only man who never sinned, and he was the only
one who could take the punishment for sin upon himself – all so he could save us.

KIM: Wow. That’s incredible. I’ve heard of heroes dying to save a city, or even a friend. But save
the whole world?

LOOKER: Every man, woman, and child who ever lived.

KIM: No wonder kings took notice of him.

LOOKER: Not everyone was happy that Jesus came. Some, like King Herod saw him as a
threat. Some people today still see him that way. But wise men then and now know that
salvation can only be found in the child sleeping in the manger.

The Looker and Kim exit. The chorus enters.

SONG - “Away in a Manger”

The chorus exits.

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Mary is on stage next to the manger. She is holding Jesus in her arms. The Looker-Outer enters.

LOOKER: Ah, Bethlehem, how I’ve missed you. It’s always good to come back here, where it all
started. That’s one of the advantages of being the Looker-Outer, you know. I can time travel
anywhere in history. I’ve been here many times, and it never gets old. It still fills me with so much
wonder to see how God transformed the course of history.

Kim enters.

KIM: Well, well, well, I thought I might find you here.

LOOKER: Hello there! How did you get here?

KIM: One of the side benefits of super speed: I can turn back time, travel anywhere in history.

LOOKER: And you chose to come here.

KIM: Yeah. I wanted to see this thing for myself. Not in a Nativity scene. For real. (shivers) It’s really
cold out here.

LOOKER: Yes, it’s a bit chilly. Be warmer in that inn, but….

KIM: There’s no room, is there?

LOOKER: Not a room in town tonight.

KIM: If only the innkeeper knew who was in his stable.

Joseph enters with some blankets.

JOSEPH: Here.

MARY: Where did you get these?

JOSEPH: A few of the guests inside heard the baby cry. They offered some spare blankets.

MARY: How nice of them.

JOSEPH: How’s he doing?

MARY: He’s perfect.

JOSEPH: It just doesn’t seem real. Not only being a father. Being his father. I was here when he
was born. I saw you give birth to him. But he’s the one who made us. And he chose us to be his
parents. I hope he knows what he’s in for.
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KIM: If only they knew what he was in for. Why he was born.

LOOKER: It’s good that they don’t. How horrifying would it be for a parent to know that one day,
their precious child would be put to death like a common criminal.

KIM: I know the baby has power. I know he’s the Son of God. But what kind of super power do
you need to let your enemies arrest you, break you down, and put you to death?

LOOKER: That is no super power. That is grace. It’s grace that kept the Lord from starting over
when sin entered our world. Grace is why God promised to send a Messiah. Grace is what led
Jesus here, to be born in this lowly place, to live as a common man, and take our punishment for
sin on himself.

KIM: I’m starting to realize how much I need that grace. It’s hard being a super hero every day.
Helping people who aren’t always grateful for the help. I stopped a man’s house from burning to
the ground the other day, and do you know what he did? He yelled at me!

LOOKER: God can give you the grace to love others when they aren’t kind to you. He can give
you the grace to face any challenge. But first, you have to receive that grace for yourself.

KIM: I’m ready, Looker-Outer. I’m ready to let Jesus into my heart to be my hero.

LOOKER: That’s the first step on a journey of incredible faith!

The chorus enters.

SONG - “Silent Night”

KIM: (Luke 2:1, 3-7) In those days, Caesar Augustus made a law. It required that a list be made
of everyone in the whole Roman world. Everyone went to their own town to be listed. So Joseph
went also. He went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea. That is where Bethlehem, the
town of David, was. Joseph went there because he belonged to the family line of David. He went
there with Mary to be listed. Mary was engaged to him. She was expecting a baby. While Joseph
and Mary were there, the time came for the child to be born. She gave birth to her first baby. It
was a boy. She wrapped him in large strips of cloth. Then she placed him in a manger. That’s
because there was no guest room where they could stay.

LOOKER: What is the Christmas story? Why it’s an origin story, the origin story of a true hero.
It’s the story of a child born a humble birth in a manger to poor parents. Although he didn’t even
have a bed to call his own that first night, he held all the power in the universe in his tiny fingers.
This is the story of incredible love. This is the story of Jesus. If you’ve never received the gift that
God gave us, come to the manger. Come and see the Savior who died for your sins.

SONG - “O Come All Ye Faithful”

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