From the "big" roles of Mary or Gabriel, to the five-year-olds job of being an animal in the stable, everyone knew they had an important part to play in recreating the story of Jesus' birth. Besides the wise men (three 4th grade boys who already had more then their fair share of candy canes for the night), roles were taken very seriously and lines were delivered with pride.
Other events of the evening included:
"Rudolph Dash" - A relay where some smeared vaseline on the nose is perfect to enable a red nose to stick as the runner races around a cone and back, to give the vaseline-backed nose to the next eager runner in line.
"Christmas Freeze" - With Christmas music blasting (everything from 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' to songs from the Nutcracker), kids had to show off their dance moves and freeze in a creative pose when the music stopped. Best dancing and most creative poses won prizes. These kids know how to cut the rug.
Birthday Party for Jesus - Instead of our regular snack at the end of the night, kids entered a room ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We sang "Happy Birthday", ate red and green chip cupcakes and each of the kids got a present. The room was bursting with excitement (or sugar-highs) and wrapping paper covered the room. It was the perfect combination to create contained chaos and I loved every second :)
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| One of our sheep! |
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| Mary and Joseph |
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| The three prophets |
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| Animals at the manger |
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