{"id":15295,"date":"2012-12-04T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T14:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=15295"},"modified":"2012-12-04T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T14:37:29","slug":"nativity-play-taken-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/12\/04\/nativity-play-taken-to-new-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Nativity play taken to new heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15299\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/12\/Camel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15299\" title=\"Camel\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/12\/Camel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/12\/Camel.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/12\/Camel-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15299\" title=\"Camel\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/12\/Camel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/12\/Camel.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/12\/Camel-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyril the Camel stands on the Hayes, greeting the public outside the entrance to \u201cChristmas - The Story\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two donkeys, a life size camel puppet called Cyril and over one hundred performances. This Christmas season, Cardiff is really taking the nativity play tradition up a notch.<\/p>\n<p>Sally Humble-Jackson, who organizes the event, first brought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitcardiff.com\/events\/calendar-highlights\/search-products\/christmas-the-story-p147691\">\u201cChristmas \u2013 The Story\u201d<\/a> to Cardiff three years ago, when she realized that the prisoners with whom she was working were not familiar with the nativity story.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cIt\u2019s not about evangelizing or preaching. It\u2019s just about making sure the story stays as part of everyone\u2019s Christmas and is there for everyone always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The performance is acted entirely by volunteers, who rotate roles every few days.<\/p>\n<p>It takes place every 40 minutes at the Tabernacle Church in the Hayes every Monday to Saturday between 1 and 22 December.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MXs2eC17XlA[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two donkeys, a life size camel puppet called Cyril and over one hundred performances. This Christmas season, Cardiff is really taking the nativity play tradition up a notch. Sally Humble-Jackson, who organizes the event, first brought \u201cChristmas \u2013 The Story\u201d to Cardiff three years ago, when she realized that the prisoners with whom she was working were not familiar with the nativity story. She said, \u201cIt\u2019s not about evangelizing or preaching. 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