Grumpy innkeeper gripes through Bethlehem's bustle until angelic choruses and starry summons lure him to a stable soiree. Peering at newborn Jesus amid shepherds' awe, his Scrooge-heart thaws into joyful joining of the midnight mirth. Allan's puckish pen-and-inks punch up the nativity's novelty, a cheeky, cheerful carol for holiday hearth-sides.
