What Child is This

We managed to make it to this country with 14 bags, 4 carry on suitcases and 4 carry on backpacks. Among all those possessions was NOT a nativity for the Christmas season. We packed in our copies of 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas', 'The Night Before Christmas' and 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', but somehow escaped without a nativity. I know, that's really pretty bad. HOWEVER, we spent the past two days making our very own nativity. All the family pitched in, and it was a lot of fun. A couple of weeks ago for Thanksgiving, we made Indians out of toilet paper rolls, so I figured we could fashion any sort of person out of one. Above is the final result. 8 toilet paper roll people, one construction paper Jesus, three construction paper animals, one used ink cartridge box manger, actual straw from our yard and a cereal box stable. It definitely captures the essence of the season.
Yes, that is a camel with the wise men. I was the creator of all the animals, and some of them are a bit sickly looking. I mean, there was probably anthrax or something in those times, right?

These are Charlie's shepherds and my sheep. Note that the one shepherd missed the first part of the announcement, "Fear NOT". He looks a little scared . . . and hairy.