In Luke 1:1-4, just before the 'Story' begins in Luke 2:5, notice that the first four verses are there so that we mightest know the certainty of those things.  In other words, when one considers how the Nativity Scene started out as such a fable, one could only conclude that those who design and perform the Nativity Program every Christmass have never read their Bible to see the certainty of those thing!

I figure most folks 'skip' those first four verses when they read the 'Christmass Story' to their family - IF they even do that!

It seems that more and more Bible Believing pastors are now insisting on pleasing their people more than pleasing God by forcing their children to perform in their annual church Christmass program.  It must be another one of the descriptions that gets applied the Scriptures that tell us about those who are lovers of God more than lovers of pleasure.

The poor kid who's halo is always crooked; and then there are the flashes that go off from their parents... they are so distracting that it makes the kids forget their lines, so that most of the talking comes from backstage from the pastors wife doing all the parts.

The angels standing on the pew always have wings that just hang like a sick butterfly with it's wing powder rubbed off.  Unfortunately, being a 'pretty butterfly' has become the most sought after part from the boys.  I wonder why more mothers don't ring their bells so that their little 'angels' would get some better wings!

The baby Jesus is always just a toy doll and it used to be that boys wouldn't have a thing to do with a doll - and hopefully that is still true - at least in the Bible Believing churches, anyway.

Yes, most children don't find much pleasure in their annual Christmass program.

Wow - pleasing God AND parents AND children all in one production?  Miracles never cease, amen!  In fact, for those preachers who like to preach about miracles today, here is one for them to advertise:

First of all, this Christmass program must be done in the Fall.  A good date to pick would probably be around Halloween.  Knowing that the actual time of Christ's birth is around the fall, it wouldn't surprise me that the devil has taken Christ's real time of birth and established his own wicked Satanic holiday at that time.

Wouldn't that take some of the hassle out of Halloween!  Instead of wondering if you should give out candy or just keep the porch light off and stay in the basement all night, you could be out caroling to those kids walking around and to those parents hiding behind the trees.  Maybe you could even get Salvation Army to ring their bell outside some of the local haunted houses!

And costumes would be a whole lot easier to pick from.  A few wise men or shepherds walking around the neighborhood would be a pleasant change from Harry Potter and monster faces like Michael Jackson!  Instead of a few dead bodies hanging from roofs, you could put up a few angels instead.

For those wanting to 'read' the story of Christ's birth in it's proper order of happening, just read through the following program's left column.

The middle column helps set the scene stages.

The right column is a description of the scene - including the names of the church folks involved.