A high point of the Christmas season is our church pageant with all parts played by children. They have one rehearsal Saturday morning and then at the 11 AM service the story of the birth unfolds more or less as planned. ( To see how informal the whole process is, follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/8834g6r) Here is Gillian with baby Jesus played by young Lydia. You can see that the effort of portraying the Christ Child was exhausting, but her Mama provided a loving lap.
