Debbie had a wonderful idea for the family to experience the Nativity story at a deeper, more meaningful level. And so, without further ado – A Nativity Story by the Iding Clan.
About 2000 years ago, God sent the Angel Gabriel from the heavens to the earth to inform Mary of her holy assignment.
As the Angel Gabriel told Mary what God asked of her, she was surprised to say the least, and at one point she actually laughed out loud at the idea that she should birth the Son of God. But it quickly got serious.
Starting from their home, Mary and Joseph embarked on a journey to the town of their birth according to the decree of the Roman governor. It was a long, hard journey with “Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the mule” (which was the worst curse my Dad ever used). By the way, that is Debbie under that Squishy donkey head.
But finally they arrived in Bethlehem to find no rooms at the inn. The innkeeper graciously offered them the use of the stable and they eagerly accepted since a very pregnant Mary was close to her time of child birth.
Out in the fields, two more angels were announcing the upcoming birth of Jesus to some shepherds in a field. Do you agree that they were all very nicely dressed!
Back in the manger the Child Jesus was Born and an angel was present immediately giving praise and leading the singing of the heavenly choir. All the animals in the stable drew near to Him.
Mary and Joseph were so proud of their newborn child. The manger was surrounded by the animals of the stable. Imagine – the King of the Universe – sleeping in the most humble abode.
BEHOLD THE SON OF GOD!
The Shepherds finally arrived at the stable. Listen to their joyous singing!
The cast from left to right:
Penny Iding
Sean Iding
Ken Iding
Brandie Doan
Olive Doan
Eric Doan
Debbie Iding
Once upon a time, there was a dinosaur (whose name was Genie) who escaped from a remote jungle island. Now this dinosaur was very, very intelligent since she had been trained and educated by a clever scientist. She liked to wear people clothes.
Genie was lost and she wandered around for a while until her trainer and friend, Katie the Scientist, found her!
Meanwhile, Oscar the Security Guard had discovered that both Genie and Katie were missing so he went out looking for them. He was particularly concerned about Katie because he had a big crush on her.
Oscar finally found the two of them and suddenly they heard a huge, scary roar! A Dwarf Mastodon was coming down the path toward them and it looked very angry.
Oscar the Security Guard tried to protect Katie from the evil beast, but it kept on blocking their path.
As soon as Genie heard the roar, she hurried back to her friends so she could protect Katie. She bravely confronted the Dwarf Mastodon and literally kicked it’s butt as you can see by watching thie following video!
The Dwarf Mastodon jumped up and ran away as fast as it could. We chased it because we couldn’t let it run loose and scare anybody else. Finally, Genie and Oscar captured it in a cave.
Katie had been working with Genie on a brain control device, so they decided to get some practice. Katie worked the controls and Genie went left and right and high and low.
Genie was looking for one of her eggs that had been stolen from her nest. They searched everywhere for it.
And finally, they were successful! They found the stolen egg! Genie was so happy.
It seems like Katie and Oscar found each other too!
Once upon a time, there was an elf who somehow got lost Christmas Eve while looking for her Magic Reindeer that ran away. She decided to keep on looking till she found her reindeer! 
While she was wandering, an Alien from Alpha Centauri, all dressed in black, walked into the room. The Elf and the Alien were both so afraid they jumped back in alarm!
After getting over their fright, they introduced each other and decided to keep searching together. Shortly after, they spied Santa Claus. He was SOOOO tired from his deliveries on Christmas Eve that he was taking a little nap. The Lost Elf ran over and poked him till he woke up!
The Lost Elf explained that she was lost so the three of them decided to go on a quest and
The first place marked on the map was a strange room filled with couches and bibles and other kinds of books (including a gigantic encyclopedia of science). The Lost Elf was so cold she started shivering.
Santa Claus was very concerned so he called the Lost Elf over and they started looking in his magic sack! Wow! They found a warm blanket that the Lost Elf could use to get warm. You might notice that even though Santa didn’t like to show favoritism, in his free time he always wore Cincinnati Bengals attire.
Their next destination according to the map was a supply closet to get prepared for their journey. The Alien
The map told them to secure a roll of toilet paper from the supply closet. It’s always a good idea to take a roll of toilet paper on a quest because you never know what the sanitary
The next step on their journey was to a utility room with two machines that magically cleaned and dried clothes.
They stored all of their supplies in Santa’s magic sack.
The Lost Elf once again opened the map and studied where they should go next. It looked hopeless at first, but then the Alien pointed to her medallion and they immediately knew what the next step would be!
The Alien from Alpha Centauri once more pressed her medallion and the three of them were transported through some crazy, alien technology to destination of their Quest.
They appeared in an ancient cave with boulders and stalagmites. The Lost Elf started searching through the
There was only one more step left in the Quest. The Lost Elf needed to return to her home so she wouldn’t be lost anymore. Santa graciously offered to let her stay with him at the North Pole. So the Alien from Alpha Centauri touched the Lost Elf’s shoulder, then touched her medallion and they were transported to the North Pole.
Then she touched Santa’s shoulder, and then touched the medallion again, and Santa was transported to the North Pole.
The Alien touched the medallion one final time and transported herself back to Alpha Centauri. The No Longer