Christmas Time with Teddy Horsley

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It is Christmas Day and Teddy Horsley is a very excited bear.

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Teddy Horsley gets dressed and goes out with Lucy, Walter and Betsy Bear to hear the Christmas story.

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Mr and Mrs Henry lead Teddy Horsley past the shops and Christmas trees until they come to the church.

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Inside the church, Teddy Horsley and Betsy Bear meet with their friends to take part in the Christmas play.

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They choose costumes to become shepherds and kings, angels and innkeepers, Mary and Joseph.

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The story all began when the Angel Gabriel visited Mary and brought her news of great joy.

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‘Do not be afraid,’ said the angel to Mary. ‘You will have a baby boy and name him Jesus’.

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The story all began when the angel of the Lord visited Joseph and brought him news of great joy.

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‘Do not be afraid,’ said the angel to Joseph. ‘You will marry Mary and take care of her son Jesus’.

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The story developed when Joseph and Mary made the long journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

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Joseph and Mary went to the inn to find a comfortable place to stay and somewhere safe for their baby to be born.

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The story developed when the innkeeper turned Mary and Joseph away to find shelter in a cattle shed.

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That night the baby Jesus was born and placed in the cattle’s feeding trough, while the animals looked on.

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The story was proclaimed to the world when the shepherds looked away from their sheep and gazed up into the night sky.

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The angels shouted aloud that the Son of God had been born in Bethlehem and told the shepherds to go and see.

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The story was seen to be true when the shepherds followed the dusty road to Bethlehem and found the cattle shed.

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The shepherds went in and discovered it all as the angels had said, seeing Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus.

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The story was proclaimed to the world when the wise men looked away from their camels and gazed up into the night sky.

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The bright star in the sky shouted aloud that the King of kings had been born in Judea and told the wise men to go and see.

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The story was seen to be true when the wise men followed the star and came to the place where Jesus was.

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The wise men went in and found it all as the prophets foretold, seeing Jesus, Son of God and King of kings.

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The story found its response then in the hearts of people when the wise men knelt and presented their gifts to Jesus.

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They placed at Jesus’ feet the gold of kings, the frankincense of priests, and the myrrh of ordinary people.

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The story finds its response now in the hearts of people who kneel at Jesus’ feet today and offer themselves to him.

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Teddy Horsley and Betsy Bear join with the people of God in bringing their gifts to celebrate Jesus’ birth.

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It is Christmas day and Teddy Horsley is a very excited bear.