Jesus' Christmas Party

This is one of the best books ever! Our family has enjoyed this book for years! Sometimes we even act out the parts. It is so entertaining. It started us on a Nicholas Allan kick where we seek out his books. Some are rather irreverent, such as The Queen's Knickers, but all in good fun. Jesus' Christmas Party is the best one.

This charming story gives a realistic spin to how things really might have been out there in Bethlehem. It makes me laugh everytime I read it, and it makes a wonderful skit that our family loves to put on at Christmas time

I love this book. I bought three, two to give away and one to keep. I have it sitting on the coffee table. People pick it up, think it's a cute kid's book and read through it. I can always tell when they get to the end...there is a little sigh and a look of peace! It reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas. That our lives are hectic, just as the inn keepers night was, but he took time to celebrate the baby's birth!

The poor inn keeper keeps getting woken up because two tired travelers need a place to stay, they need blankets, there is a bright light in the sky, three wise mencome looking for a baby...finally he storms down to the barn to give them a piece of his mind but stops when he sees the "lovely" baby. In his excitement he runs and wakes all the people staying at the inn to tell them about the baby!

"There was nothing the innkeeper liked more than a good night's sleep." Nicholas Allan tells this humorous Christmas story from the innkeeper's point of view. Little does the man know when he allows Mary and Joseph to bed in the stable that night that he's in for repeated interruptions of his beauty sleep. Being forced awake to give directions to shepherds and kings could make any man cranky, but when the innkeeper is awaken yet again by the heavenly host, the story really becomes funny. This story easily lends itself to dramatic reading and is a sweet experience for preschoolers through adults. Nicholas Allan's simple illustrations are the perfect compliment to this tale of Jesus' birth.