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Nicole Goodwin

Little angel steals show in first Christmas nativity play by falling asleep during performance in Sunderland

Baby Jesus wasn't the only one asleep on the hay when the excitement of taking part in the school nativity play got a little too much for one angel.

Lily Rose Price had been so excited to take part in her first Christmas play that she had told all her family and friends that she was going to be playing an angel. But when the moment finally arrived it all became a bit exhausting for the three-year-old, who decided a hay bale in a manger was the perfect place to lay down her sweet head.

Lily's mum, Rebecca Price, couldn't help but laugh when within minutes of the nativity beginning her daughter slid off the hay bale she was sat on, her halo fell over her eyes, and she remained asleep on the stage until the play came to an end.

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