A number of years ago, all of the children in church were getting ready for the Christmas program which was just a week away. One of the little girls was practicing her songs. Her Mom told me that she overheard her daughter in the other room practicing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." As she listened a little more carefully she discovered that while the tune was good, the words were a little off. Instead of singing "with angelic host proclaim," the little girl was singing "with the jelly toast proclaim."

That same year, one little girl told me that her sister kept asking her parents when they were going to set up the activity scene.

I read a story about a group of first graders who decided to produce their very own Christmas program. An updated Nativity Story. All the major characters were…