Every year we set up a traditional manger scene near our Christmas tree. There are Mary and Joseph, a shepherd and a few sheep, three wise men and at least one camel, and the baby Jesus.

and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. The reader concludes: The gospel of the Lord. All respond: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. The figures may be placed in ...

Away in a mangerNo crib for a bedThe little Lord JesusLaid down His sweet headThe stars in the skyLook down where He layThe little Lord JesusAsleep in the hay. The cattle are lowingThe baby ...