In what would undoubtedly be the best use of school desks, a school handyman has carved a complete Nativity scene from the old classroom desks. Before you start thinking whether the scene is just engraved or drawn on the desks I would like to inform you that it has 3ft tall figures of each character.

Mr. Chris Reeves, the school handyman, laminated the desks together and carved out the figures using a jigsaw. It took him two months to carve out all the characters in the Christmas story and on average each figure was carved from two desks each. Mr. Reeves who is now 54 years old was taught basic carpentry years ago but had never done something like this before.

He says that he remembered that there were some 1960´s teak desks lying around after the school refurbished the science department. He felt that the wood was too good to waste and hence decided to put them to some good use. The figures will now be displayed in the school foyer at Nicholas Breakspear School in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Head of the religious education department, Ella McCarthy says the scene is absolutely amazing and she had never seen something like this before. She is of the opinion that Mr. Reeves is really gifted and did a remarkable job by using the old desks. Her pupils love the scene.