"Taken from a centuries-old folk hymn, The Friendly Animals: A Christmas Story is a beautiful retelling of the first Christmas through the eyes of the animals in the barn on that special night."--
juvenile
"This story comes from a hymn that is most likely a twelfth-century Latin song "Orientis Partibus," which first appeared in France and is usually attributed to Pierre de Corbeil, Bishop of Sens (d 1222)."