The 76
th Ward Christmas Party was "A Journey to Bethlehem." A Bethlehem market place was recreated in the recreational hall at the stake center. Eight of the older couples in the ward were asked to recreate a stall for the market place. Glen and I were in charge of the "Bishop's Winery" and served a grape juice drink. Other stalls sold bread, trinkets, olives and cheese, fruit, treats, etc. Each family was asked to come dressed
biblically and to bring a tax of a can of food for each family member. They were then given a small bag of gold coins (Heather was impressed that they had "chocolate money" at the time of Jesus) which they could exchange for items from the market. We invited our extended family for this fun activity followed by a wonderful nativity program using many of the
YM and
YW. Glen and Eric set up their laser star machines to create a starlit night in the darkened hall.
Ruby came as a
miniature Mary with babe in arms, while Sadie was a
shepherd with her lamb. Dave and Sally chose to dress like always and just hide behind their kids.
The proprietors of the winery dressed in tablecloths. The stranger (at least to Toby and Sadie) took heart in the admonition to grow a beard AND in just two days!
The beard was a huge hit and brought many comments and even compliments. So were the grape lights that we picked up in Utah last summer on clearance. We missed getting pictures with Emilia. Hopefully she will post some on her blog.
The 76th Ward Christmas Party was "A Journey to Bethlehem." A Bethlehem market place was recreated in the recreational hall at the stake center. Eight of the older couples in the ward were asked to recreate a stall for the market place. Glen and I were in charge of the "Bishop's Winery" and served a grape juice drink. Other stalls sold bread, trinkets, olives and cheese, fruit, treats, etc. Each family was asked to come dressed biblically and to bring a tax of a can of food for each family member. They were then given a small bag of gold coins (Heather was impressed that they had "chocolate money" at the time of Jesus) which they could exchange for items from the market. We invited our extended family for this fun activity followed by a wonderful nativity program using many of the YM and YW. Glen and Eric set up their laser star machines to create a starlit night in the darkened hall.
Ruby came as a miniature Mary with babe in arms, while Sadie was a shepherd with her lamb. Dave and Sally chose to dress like always and just hide behind their kids.
The proprietors of the winery dressed in tablecloths. The stranger (at least to Toby and Sadie) took heart in the admonition to grow a beard AND in just two days!
The beard was a huge hit and brought many comments and even compliments. So were the grape lights that we picked up in Utah last summer on clearance. We missed getting pictures with Emilia. Hopefully she will post some on her blog.
Thanks for inviting us to come - it was really fun. I'm sure Toby will be excited to see Grandpa again, sans beard.
ReplyDeleteI was in shock when I clicked on your pictures and saw that strange, yet familiar breaded man. Looks like a ton of fun- your stand is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for inviting us to your party...it was a lot of fun. It was great to see Ruby so into the story of Christmas.
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