“The King of all kings to this world being brought,
English Traditional Carol
Small store of fine linen to wrap him was sought;
And when she had swaddled her young son so sweet,
Within an ox-manger she laid him to sleep.”
7. Manger in the Crib
Category Archives: Christmas Crib Watch
6. Crib with Straw
“Once, in Royal David’s City stood a lowly cattle shed.”
C F Alexander
5. The Magi
“We saw His star rising in the east.”
Matthew 2.2
4. The Empty Crib
I am the heart that houses the cone
I am the cone enclosing the cedar
I am the cedar sawn for the cradleforest of the body, body of the tree
I am the cradle rocking the baby
I am the baby containing the man
I am the man nailed on the crosstree of the body, body of the forest
I am the cross sawn from the cedar
I am the cedar enclosed in the cone
I am the cone housed in the hearthere in my heart, Jesus, springing
Kevin Crossley-Holland
3. Mary & Joseph at Prayer
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child
Luke 2.1-5