Watch the whole film
This Christmas, families can watch the 20-minute film of our production of this heart-warming story – which we’ve made especially for Christmas 2020. Directed by Katherine Marriott and starring Richard Avery as the lion, and Gordon Meredith as the donkey, the film was recorded in high-definition in St Mary’s. It is available to watch on YouTube for free from home for a limited period only – from 11th – 31st December.
Read the story
Read the short story – a fresh, comical and moving Christmas Nativity Story for children, full of the magic that is Christmas – for free on the award-winning author’s website. Jeanette Winterson wrote the story in a single night. It was first published by The Times as a Christmas story and later became a picture book.
Download activity booklet
Download our free activity booklet for the project, full of things for children to do inspired by the story. (Please wait a few seconds as the file is 57MB.)
Rosie MacCurrach’s illustrations
The picture book published by Scholastic in 2009 was illustrated by Rosie MacCurrach. Rosie’s beautiful illustrations sparkle with originality, humour and warmth. You can see them on her website here:
“A fantastic window on the story of heaven coming down to earth in the birth of Jesus”
-Archbishop Stephen Cottrell
Get hold of a copy of the book
Below are links to two online booksellers (others are available and can be searched for via BookFinder.com) and a link to WordCat.org, a resource to help find items in libraries near you:
