The angels Comfort and Joy get orders from the higher-ups that they’re performing a last-minute concert over Bethlehem tomorrow. The occasion is none other than God decided to send his Son to live on Earth, and this is his entrance, or according to Gloria, the Hallelujah Choir and Angel Orchestra’s supervisor, it’s one of the most important evenings in history.
The Hallelujah Angel Orchestra practices into the wee hours of the morning and into the next afternoon. By the midnight hour on Christmas Eve, the angels are in place over Bethlehem. When Comfort and Joy appear in the sky with the glory of God, the shepherds stop in place, shaking in fear. Some of them run for the hills.
At that, the sheep scatter, and the shepherds drop many of their crooks in the chaos of the event. Comfort and Joy finish the prepared speech, and some of the shepherds have stood still long enough to listen to the rehearsed song. Then, the shepherds run off as fast as they can and take a few sheep with them but lose the rest in the terror. Gloria thinks the effort is a complete failure. Comfort and Joy fly across the sky to give Gloria a hug, and the rest of the angels stand in silence with disappointment. Then, Comfort and Joy fly to the manger to see if the shepherds made it, just in case.
The angel duo finds Mary and Joseph in the manger with the baby; the shepherds have just arrived. Comfort can hardly believe his eyes. He admires the gifts of three very wealthy wise men that sit next to the shepherds. The shepherds were listening to the angels’ speech and song after all, Joy realizes, laughing out loud. Then, out of nowhere, Gloria lands in the middle of the manger and says that God told her that they are right on track for their next big miracle. Every year from that year on, Gloria takes her annual vacation at Christmas, and Comfort and Joy are put in charge to spread the Christmas spirit. Of course, the shepherds tell about the birth of a savior all over the world, just as God planned it.
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