Last weekend, our ward participated in a live nativity at a ward member's home. Their neighborhood is well-known in this area for Christmas lights -- it is a favorite spot for people to drive through and several homes go all out with the decorating. (They even have little signs with arrows directing traffic through the neighborhood.) They got permission to have the live nativity for 3 nights. It was really neat and exciting to be a part of!
They built a stable, got some animals, made some great costumes and lots of people helped by wrapping up little bags of Hershey's Kisses attached to a pass-along card for the "Joy to the World" DVD.
Brian and McKay signed up to be shepherds on Saturday night. They had two groups for each night so they could trade off after 30-45 minutes and come inside to warm up!
(Brian had a little trouble with the rope tie on his head scarf...) Brian also said he ended up taking his gloves off later.
I took the girls over for a bit and took some pictures. The wise men would "travel" back and forth from their "camel" on the house to present their gifts. The missionaries were there where the cars passed by to hand out the pass-along cards and treats. It was a busy weekend -- I think they handed out over 2,000 cards!
The hosting ward member (who is also in our bishopric) wrote up a little article for the Church News web site. Read it here! What a neat experience.
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