Angel Glory to God [wave hands in the air]
Sing Hallelujah [like Handel’s messiah]
Noisy ‘Hello everyone it’s me!’ [wave one hand]
Manger It’s time to go [point]
Now No! [cup hand round mouth and shout]

During the story there is a point when we sang
O come let us adore him – all sing twice

I want you to imagine that you are in heaven.
There is a large group of angels [Glory to God]
getting ready for a great big celebration.
In fact it is the greatest and biggest celebration
that has ever happened in the whole history of the world.
The angels [Glory to God]
had to learn to fly in formation
and then they had to practice a new song to sing. [Hallelujah]
Gabriel was the chief angel [Glory to God]
and he made sure they were all in tune and knew the words.
All the angels [Glory to God]
were very well behaved as they learned to sing, [Hallelujah]
except one.
This angel [Glory to God]
was not really naughty, not really rebellious,
but he was rather noisy. [Hello everyone it’s me!]
Whatever the angels [Glory to God]
were doing, Noisy [Hello everyone it’s me!]
was always there as well, making a disturbance because he was so excited.
The important thing that the angels [Glory to God]
had to practice was knowing when they had to begin this great celebration.
Gabriel told them that they had to wait
until they heard him say the word ‘manger’. [Its time to go!]
This was rather difficult to get right.
They had to learn to fly, and to sing, [Hallelujah]
and to go but only when they heard the word ‘manger’. [Its time to go!]
Of course, every time they practiced this, Noisy [Hello everyone it’s me!]
seemed to get it wrong.

Eventually, the great day arrived; actually it was not a day, but a night.
All the angels [Glory to God]
in heaven watched Gabriel fly down to earth.
He had to get the attention of the shepherds on the hillside.
I think he rather overdid it.
There was a brilliant light as he appeared,
and those poor men were absolutely terrified.
Gabriel had a great speech worked out
and up in heaven everyone listened for the right moment.
‘Don’t be afraid,’ Gabriel said.
Noisy [Hello everyone it’s me!] asked, ‘Now?’ [No]
‘Good news of great joy,’ Gabriel said.
Noisy [Hello everyone it’s me!] asked, ‘Now?’ [No]
‘Today in the town of David’ … ‘Now?’ [No]
‘A baby wrapped in cloth’ … ‘Now?’ [No]
‘Lying in a manger.’ (‘It’s time to go!’)
The angels [Glory to God] began to sing [Hallelujah]
and sing [Hallelujah] and sing…[Hallelujah]
O come let us adore him

Let us sing their song ……………
‘O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him , Christ the Lord’

So then the angels [Glory to God]
left and flew back to heaven in backwards formation, except for one.
Noisy [Hello everyone it’s me!] swooped over the shepherds and followed them down the hill into Bethlehem.
When they went into a stable,
he ducked in behind them and he went very quiet and said -
‘He is born he is born
Let us all rejoice and be glad
For Jesus Christ is born’
(HYMN Christ is born