{"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":"2015-10-07T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:45:56","slug":"nativity-play-taken-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/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=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Camel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15299\" title=\"Camel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Camel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/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. 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