It is said that on Christmas Eve, if you go out, you will hear all the farm animals speaking to one another. The legend goes that they were all given the gift of speech when Jesus was born for that one night of the year. The sounds made by the animals sound like words.The Owl says 'Whooo is born?' the Raven says 'Christ'

The goat asks 'Where' the sheep answers ' There'. Different animals have been given their part to play over the millennia and one can still find new ideas for the story today.

The baby Jesus was cold, and there was very little heat from the few bits of wood on the fire. A little Robin roosting in the stable flew down and fanned the fire into flame with its wings. As the fire flamed up, the birds breast became scorched, and that is why the Robin has a red breast today in memory of that day.

The little glow-worm had nothing to give the baby Jesus, so it carried a small green leaf it found as its gift. The baby liked the pretty thing, and touched the dull little worm, which glowed with the glory of Christ. The moral of this story being that no matter how insignificant and useless we feel about ourselves, we can all be touched by Christ and glow with his glory.

Merry Christmas friends.