Setting: A large Christmas Lrce is placed in the chancel, or on one side of the front of the sanctuary, with wrapped gifts placed beneath it. A large manger is placed in front of the altar, or communion table, with a large candle placed nearby or on the altar. The portion of the service presented by the family takes place around the tree.

Participants: A family, or six selected persons to portray:

A mother

A father

An older son

An older daughter

A sniall girl (aged 9 or 10)

A small boy (aged 8 or 9)

Youth Choir or Children’s Choir, and a Speech Choir

One or two guitarists - older boy and girl

The Prelude

Christmas Carols

(To be sung by youth quartet, or choir, outside the sanctuary or in the halls of the church.)

* The Processional Carol

O Come, All Ye Faithful

(Choir processes flown aisle, to the choir …