Every Christmas, we hook up with the Griner Gang to tackle our long list of Christmas traditions from light--seeing to gingerbread house decorating. We have a few traditions that are set in stone, but we like to try at least one thing a little different each year. So Saturday night, after a movie trip to see Arthur Chrismtas, we continued on our Tradition Mission by trying something we've never done before. It was called Journey to Bethlehem and it was this AMAZING trip back in time to the very first Christmas night. A church about 30 minutes away has been putting the even on for almost ten years and the amount of work and preparation that must go into it was unbelieveable! We began by singing some Christmas carols in the sanctuary and then we were taken outside to travel to Bethlehem. After paying our taxes, we walked through the village and stopped and spoke with the different merchants, and in search of a place to rest, we ended up in a field with the shepards and their animals and finally got see the Baby himself! It was a beautfiul adventure and of course the best part was seeing the wonder in the children's eyes and they absorbed the story and relived it firsthand. The journey was capped by some hot chocolate sipping and marshmallow roasting in the church courtyard and a little visit in a sweet prayer chapel.
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