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Christmas
Poems and
readings for carol services
and other Christmas events, widely used in the UK and
elsewhere, free of charge for use in any not-for-profit
event
or publication
[ about these readings ]
"Midnight in Bethlehem, Zero AD. 1 or 2 people in difficulty" (time 3:30)
A love story for a broken world (time 3:15)
What kind of Messiah? from A Christmas commentary
So what do we really want from a Saviour? (time 1:30)
Improbable message from a confused archangel (time 4:30)
"The little Lord Jesus no crying he makes" Yeah, as if... (time 2:30)
The magi at the empty manger (for one or three voices)
What will we do with the gifts now? (time 2:00)
Paranoid Jewish tyrant
king gatecrashes suburban
Christmas (time
6:30)
Life on the inside for a God clothed in skin (time 4:30)
Light of the world (with version for 2 voices here)
Technicians mark up the script
for "The Nativity"
(time
3:15)
A child is born (with version for 5 voices here)
A multiple-choice, politically-correct
prophecy (time 3:40)
The epiphany from Magi
"He just lay there, needing to be loved" (time 3:00)
Alpha to Omega (time 2:30)
The (good)will of the people (topical from 2019)
A shepherd answers back (time 2:00)News just in (for 1 or 2 voices, topical some years ago!)
Seasonal news bulletin (time 2:30)
Wise men overshoot the Bethlehem
exit and turn
up in 21st C London
"Come and live rough as we do: come and die."
Conspiracy theories in the hills above Bethlehem
A synopsis of Jesus' badly misjudged life
Any poem from The last straw
Any
short poem from A
Christmas commentary
Short poems to introduce carol service bible readings
Poems to frame a service or concert
The story as an allegory of the discovery of knowledge.
Four prayers following the key events
birth