TALENTED children performed a host of Christmas productions across Halton.

Cronton CE Primary School staged a selection of festive shows.

Nursery and reception pupils dressed up as crackers, fairies, Santas and animals and sang various festive songs.

Primary children presented a musical nativity, Gabriel’s Big Break.

Deputy head Emma Davies said: “The play was about an angel who stepped in for an angel who had the flu and that’s how Gabriel got famous.

“They performed for grandparents who were each given a mince pie and a cup of tea and then again on Sunday as part of our service for Cronton Mission Church. It was lovely.”