The Pepperbox Nursery: Nativity

Our First Nativity play went really well, with the lovely children re-enacting the very first Christmas! Here's a sneak peek at our preparations:

Mary checks on the Baby before curtain call.

Does this mask make me look sheepish?

Places, everyone!

A Nativity Story

(as told by a child aged 3 years and 9 months)

Well.

There was Mary -- just Mary at first -- then the Angel came. The Angel said to Mary, "You're going to have a baby."

And Mary said, "No, I'm not! Oh... yes I am."

The Angel said, "Yes you are. You will have a baby and the baby's Jesus... Je-sus."

Mary told Joseph. Joseph said, "I'm not very happy," and Mary said, "I know."

In the night, Joseph fell asleep and then the Angel came into his dream. When Joseph woke up he found a letter written by the Angel. The letter said, "You must go to Bethlehem and pay your taxes."

Mary went on the donkey and Joseph walk by the donkey all the way to Bethlehem. The inn-keeper said, "No room! You have to go round the back to the stable."

That night, when Mary fell asleep, when she was snoring, Baby Jesus was born.

The shepherds were asleep in their tents. The Angels appeared. And the Angels talked to the shepherds about the baby in the stable, and the shepherds was off to see.

The three Wise Men, they saw a glowing star in the sky. They went on their camels. It was a long way. They gave presents to Baby Jesus. There was Gold, Myrrh and Frankincense.

There were animals there, too. There were sheep, cows and donkeys as well as the camels. And there were loads of stars outside. Mary wrapped him in some white cloth and made a little bed for Baby Jesus and put him in the manger.

And they all lived happily ever after.