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The Baby Jesus by the Ostrava composer Pavel Helebrand is a family Christmas performance for audiences from five to one hundred years old. In a playful form of humorous folk theater, it develops the traditional motifs of Moravian Christmas plays: the annunciation, the birth of the Baby Jesus, the journey of the shepherds and the three kings to Bethlehem, Herod's murderous plans. The eternal battle between good and evil is personified in the characters of the cheerful Angel and the cunning Devil. In the joyful and sing-song music of the Infant Jesus , the author also lets well-known carols be heard, in which the audience can also join in the singing. The events surrounding the birth of Jesus are presented in a prologue about the creation of Adam and Eve, their first sin and their expulsion from Paradise.