‘STRAW and Order’ was this year’s junior Christmas nativity play at St Nicholas’ School, in Church Crookham.

This musical nativity starts in a courtroom; the cows feel pushed out of their stable and they want it back! The donkeys, accused of having invited over a whole host of people, including a baby, deny all charges.

Fed up with their bickering, Judge Grumps (with the help of the narrator) decides to head out into Bethlehem and see things for himself.

As he encounters bickering innkeepers, self-important wise-men, cool shepherds, some dancing sheep and a heavenly angel choir, everything starts to become clear.

“All pupils in the junior department have been busy working on this lively production and really looked forward to performing this new twist on the Christmas story,” said Josie Downer, head of drama.