When I was a child it was common in churches at Christmas time to present the annual Christmas Pageant during a Sunday worship service. The younger children of the church would be dressed in costumes to play the roles of the characters in the Christmas story – Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus (a doll), shepherds, sheep, Wise Men, angels. As a preschool-age participant, you started off in a small role, a sheep or a small angel, and over the years, as you grew, you worked your way up to a major role, Mary