Little sheep and shepherds, loving being in a play. For many of them, this was their first play. They stood and sang "The First Noel", and then went and sat with their families to watch the rest of the story.
It was sweet. Really, as I have explored and worked with the Christmas story this year, there is nothing not to like. The music is glorious. The story is sweet (if you leave out bits like the slaughter of the innocents - OK, we left out those parts).
We ended our play with this hymn from the UU hymnal:
Within the shining of a star
we catch a glimpse of who we are,
in every infant born we see
the hope of our nativity.
The miracle of each new birth
can shake and save the stony earth;
triumphantly the newborn's cry
strikes echoes from the waiting sky.
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