Britain's weirdest nativity scene? Shop uses Henry vacuum cleaners to recreate the birth of Christ

Is this Britains weirdest nativity scene?

An electrical appliance shop has attempted to recreate the birth of Christ with HENRY HOOVERS.

Owner Kris Sale asked his 16 year-old son Ashley to set up the display in his shop window.

Three of the vacuum cleaners named Charles, George and Edward are meant to be the three wise men with crowns on top of them.

Two more, a Henry and a Hetty, are Joseph and Mary and a knitted baby Henry as Jesus completes the scene.

They all stand on a pile of straw in a stable made from cardboard and lengths of wood with a star stuck on top.

Kris, 39, claims the crude festive scene has already attracted new customers to his Sale Appliances shop in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

He said: Its amazing, kids especially love it. We came up with the idea but I didnt think Ashley would actually see it through.

Then he started getting all the straw and I thought it was best to let him get on with it.

It has definitely increased sales. We thought people had forgotten us since we moved but its jogged people's memory about where we are now.

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Britain's weirdest nativity scene? Shop uses Henry vacuum cleaners to recreate the birth of Christ