12 Days of Christmas: Friendly beast

As I racked my brain for Christmas things I like I remembered my favorite Christmas carol from childhood:

 Jesus our brother, kind and good 

Was humbly born in a stable rude 

And the friendly beasts around Him stood 

Jesus our brother, kind and good. 

 "I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown, 

"I carried His mother up hill and down; 

I carried her safely to Bethlehem town." 

"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown.

It's a good thing I liked the animals so much because in all the Christmas nativities I was part of I was always cast as a farm animal. Cow, donkey, camel. In my kid mind they were a lot better because they did something, not like Mary who just sat quietly  - BORING. 

(I do as an adult have great respect for Mary, the real Mary)