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A Time for Christmas

Album: 19: Passport To Adventure

Episode: 253

Lesson/Theme: The history of the Christmas holiday.

Bible Verse: Luke 2

Characters: Whit

Writer: Paul McCusker

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: December 18, 1993

Last Air Date: December 12, 2008

Description:
It’s Christmastime, and Courtney is busy rushing around buying presents for everyone. In fact, she’s so busy, she doesn’t have any time to help Jenny put on a Christmas show for her school, participate in the nativity program at city hall, perform in the holiday pageant at church, or even get involved with the Angel Tree project at Whit’s End. Whit feels it’s time Courtney discovered what Christmas is truly about. He takes her on several trips in the Imagination Station so she can see into the hearts of others who have celebrated the birth of Christ. The trips are effective. As the Station winds down, Courtney wishes she could help those in history who are less fortunate than herself. She opens the door and steps into Jenny’s house. Jenny is upset that Courtney couldn’t find the time to help her with a simple holiday program. Suddenly, Courtney realizes just how selfish she has been. Just then, the Station winds down again, for real this time, and Courtney is back at Whit’s End. The real Jenny is sitting there. Courtney quickly volunteers to help her friend, for she finally understands the true meaning of Christmas.

Questions:
Why didn’t Courtney want to help Jenny? What did the play St. George and the Dragon represent? Why was Christmas outlawed in England in the seventeenth century?