Unruly Nativity

On every Christmas Eve of my childhood, my siblings and I acted out the story of the Nativity while my dad read it from the Bible. Now that we are grown, our children have continued the tradition.

The musical track (complete with fan club).

The Narrator ("And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger . . . and it was crowded!")

Mary and Joseph (although the real ones weren't siblings).

Shepherds (See the monkeys? Who knew Israeli wildlife was so diverse?)

The angel looks more scared than the shepherds do.

The Wise Acres . . . I mean Men!