Not intending to attract attention, Mouse stealthily joins the wooden figurines on the dining room sideboard. She listens intently as Mother reads the traditional Christmas story and allows her vivid imagination to transport her to the donkey carrying Mary, the soon-to-be mother of Jesus. Share Mary’s travail and ultimate joy as witnessed by the endearing little mouse. Consider, as does Mouse, whether to stay in the world in which Jesus would grow up, or return to her own time and place to share with others the magic she felt on that first Christmas.
