One Wise Sheep (a creative retelling of the Nativity!)

One Wise Sheep is a creative retelling of the Christmas story, from the perspective of one wise sheep! With an undercurrent message to young readers on forgiving quarrels.

Tonight, the sheep can’t sleep. The pasture is floodlit by a strange new star, and their shepherds have disappeared to visit a new-born child.

Read our post on keeping pets safe at Christmas (foods, plants including holly and mistletoe, and other hazards).

So the sheep set off to find their shepherds and see this child too, the quarrelsome flock pulling together to find their shepherds and the child. The German author wrote this book, after noticing that when the shepherds visit Jesus, no mention is made of the sheep!

While Nativity Plays tell the story of the birth of Jesus, Passion plays tell the story of the Easter resurrection. These are usually performed in the open air, with spectators following the actors.

The wonderful French-Canadian film Jesus of Montreal is based on a group of actors performing a Passion Play.

Moo Free Vegan Advent Calendars

Advent calendars are a great example of the complete consumerist waste evident during the festive season. Advent is the celebration for Christians of the birth of Christ, which for over 1600 years has been celebrated beginning on the 4th Sunday prior to Christmas.

But rather than buying factory-farmed dairy chocolates with palm oil and refined sugar in plastic calendars, choose zero-waste and kinder versions.

Moo Free Chocolate offers Christmas vegan choccy gifts, all in easy-to-recycle packaging. Made with rice milk, these all taste like dairy milk, though they’re not!

Keep chocolate away from pets. You can recycle packaging at supermarket bag bins, if your kerbside does not recycle.