This is an adaptation of a joke. It can use any puppet.
V: Vent F: Figure
F: Oh, boy! I love this time of year!
V: Why is that?
F: My favorite holiday is coming up!
V: Really?
F: Yes! My favorite holiday is Easter! I was born on Easter!
V: Wow!
F: I was hatched from an Easter Egg.
V: I thought they were hard boiled.
F: That's why I'm hard headed!
V: So you must know a lot about Easter.
F: I know a lot about Easter!
V: What do you like best about Easter?
F: I like all the lights on the tree. And the gifts under the tree. And people singing carols...
V: That's not Easter! Boys and girls, what holiday is that? (pause) That's right! That's Christmas!
F: Oh, yeah! That's when Jesus was born! Now I remember what Easter is all about!
V: Good.
F: On Easter I get a cake, and they put a candle on the cake, and I spit on the candle and make a wish!
V: That's your birthday!
F: I told you I was born on Easter.
V: And you don't spit on the candle.
F: Yes, I do! That way no one else wants any cake! I get it all for myself!
V: Easter is ....
F: Wait, wait, wait! I know now! On Easter we have fireworks and everything is red, white, and blue!
V: Boys and girls, what holiday is that? Yes, the fourth of July!
F: When is that?
V: It's on the 4th of July.
F: That's lucky! If it was on August 2nd it could be confusing!
V: Let me tell everyone what happened on Easter.
F: Give me a hint! (Stares at your face.) I got it!
V: I didn't say anything!
F: On Easter we all wear a scary mask!
V: No!
F: And we ask for candy!
V: No!
F: And we say, "Boo!"
V: No!
F: And if we don't get any candy we say, "Boo-hoo!" (starts to cry)
V: What's the matter?
F: You didn't give me any candy.
V: It isn't Halloween.
F: Then why are you wearing that mask!
V: Let me tell everyone what Easter is all about. On the first Easter Jesus arose....
F: Jesus is a flower?
V: What?
F: You said that he's a rose.
V: No. Jesus died...
F: Oh, no! That's awful! That's so sad.
V: Boys and girls, is Jesus dead? (No)
F: But you said that he died.
V: Yes, that's true.
F: Then these kids lied to you!
V: No, they did not.
F: Boys and girls, did Jesus die? (Yes)
V: Is he dead? (No)
F: (To kids) Well, make up your mind!
V: The story is in the Bible. You see, Jesus died on the cross. And then they put his body into a tomb. That was like a little cave. But then three days later he came out of the grave!
F: OH! Now, I remember! Jesus didn't stay in the ground. After three days he came out of the ground...
V: That's right.
F: And if he sees his shadow he goes back into the ground and we have six more weeks of bad weather!
V: NO! I'll explain it to you later! (Put puppet away and ask for a volunteer to come up and explain what happened on the first Easter. Keep in mind that most kids under 3rd grade may not know.)
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