Church Skits & Plays
A Christmas skitGrandpa’s Star2–3 actors · 4–5 min

Christmas · 2–3 actors · 4–5 minutes · A grandparent and a child (9–12)

Grandpa’s Star

Christmas Eve on Grandpa’s back porch. It’s twenty-eight degrees, Jake’s star app says the brightest thing up there is a plane to Denver, and Grandpa wants to show him something his own father showed him. A warm skit for a grandparent and a grandchild.

$8USD, tax included
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Running time4–5 minutes
Cast2–3 roles · A grandparent and a child (9–12)
PrepOne rehearsal. Jake’s lines are short, and Grandpa’s longer speeches can hide under the blanket.
Best forChristmas Eve service, family Christmas service, intergenerational program
ScriptureMatthew 2:10–11; Psalm 78:4 (KJV)
ThemeTo see His star, you have to look up, and someone has to show you where.
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

Jake was planning to see the stars in the picture he’d send his friend. Grandpa has other plans. He takes Jake out back the way his own dad took him every Christmas Eve, out past Hays, Kansas, where there were no lights for twenty miles.

When Grandpa switches off the porch light, the skit slows down. There’s a verse his father said every year, the story of the wise men and whom they found, and a way of pointing at the sky that gets passed down one more time.

Two or three actors, ideally a real grandparent and grandchild from your church. The staging notes cover the lights, the phone and a version with Grandma in the lead.

Read the first page

(Lights up on the porch. The lamp is on. GRANDPA comes out in a coat and a knit hat with a big pom-pom, carrying a blanket. JAKE follows, face lit by the phone.)

GRANDPA: Come on. Five minutes.

JAKE: It's twenty-eight degrees.

GRANDPA: Then put your hat on.

JAKE: Nobody said anything about outside.

(GRANDPA takes off the pom-pom hat and puts it on JAKE's head.)

GRANDPA: There.

JAKE: (feeling the top of it) It has a ball on it.

GRANDPA: Your grandmother knitted that ball.

JAKE: (resigned) It's a great ball.

(They sit on the bench. GRANDPA spreads the blanket over both their knees. JAKE holds the phone up toward the sky, turning it slowly.)

GRANDPA: What are you doing?

JAKE: Star app. You point it at the sky, and it tells you what everything is.

GRANDPA: And?

JAKE: (reading) It says the brightest thing up there is... a plane to Denver.

GRANDPA: Well. It's not wrong.

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • Grandpa, patient, a little stubborn and fond of the cold; can be Grandma
  • Jake, his grandson, 9–12: smart, funny, freezing and attached to his phone; can be a granddaughter
  • Grandma, optional: comes out at the end with two mugs

Props

  • A bench or two chairs
  • A battery lamp for the porch light
  • A phone set to a bright white screen
  • A blanket and a knit hat with a big pom-pom
  • Optional: strings of small white battery lights

What you get

  • The full script with stage directions
  • Cast list, props list and simple staging notes
  • Four discussion questions for a small group, youth group or Sunday school class
  • Performance rights for your church: perform it as often as you like and print copies for your cast

Performance rights

One purchase covers one church or ministry. Perform it as many times as you like, make copies for everyone in the cast and crew, adapt the lines and include it in your livestream. Please don’t resell the script or share the file publicly. Read the full license.

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Questions

Can I change the names or lines?

Yes. Change names and genders, trim lines for time or adapt a joke for your church. The script is yours to fit to your people.

Can we record and stream the performance?

Yes. You can include it in your livestream and post the recording on your church’s own channels.

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