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 …