Innkeeper to Mary

After being an angel in our church's toddler group nativity play last year, Alathea had high hopes of being chosen for Mary this year but was asked to be a Bethlehem innkeeper instead.

Here was our first attempt at a somewhat feminine innkeeper's look. (Alathea's speaking to a lady from our church who's 90+ and until a few months ago helped weekly at the toddler group.)

Then Alathea discovered this velvet robe and prepared to say, "No room!" in it instead.

(Our vicar and a "donkey" relay the story of Jesus' birth to the children.)

But when the girl chosen to be Mary didn't come in time for the children's reenactment of the story, Alathea quickly switched parts.

Here she is querying Gabriel's news and singing a song about the Christmas story.