of Jesus as perhaps being a stable with a crib made of wood. However, some of the earliest traditions indicate that the manger was in a cave. Then suddenly there appeared ‘a great company of the heavenly host’, the angelic army of heaven. But this army that is often associated biblically with those who fight for God, are not declaring war, instead they are singing a song of peace: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests’ (2:14). This announcement of peace