We've been to a few Christmas parties in the last week. It's really getting us into the Christmas spirit and I'm getting so excited for Christmas.
Our ward had a "Night in Bethlehem" Christmas party at the church. Every one dressed up in biblical time attire.
Here is our little street rat.
(Recognize the vest and hat from the Abu/Aladdin costumes from Halloween last year? Who knew I'd be able to use them for something else!?)
The whole family sitting together.
All the families brought blankets to sit on in the cultural hall. We were given bags of coins (i.e. pennies) to buy our dinner from the various shops and stall around the room.
There was a fruit and vegetable stand, a soup stand, a snack stand, a dessert stand, and my favorite, "The Bishop's Winery" where we got our drinks.
We sat on our blankets, ate our food, and enjoyed the company of others.
Then there was a Christmas program and the nativity story was told.
The songs we sang along the way were accompanied by guitar. Yes, there were electric guitars at the time of Christ's birth.
It was a really fun ward party. I liked that it was a little different and it was fun for us to dress up.
Our apartment complex had a Christmas party last night. It wasn't anything really big or spectacular, but there was a free ham dinner and LOTS of desserts so we went.
They had Santa Claus there for the kids to get a picture with.
Dallin really liked Santa. (Go figure, when has Dallin NOT liked a stranger?)
It's hard to tell his emotion in this picture, but he was just staring at Santa the whole time with this happy grin. We couldn't get him to look away to smile at the camera.
I think all this partying has worn Dallin out though.
He fell asleep while I was doing the dishes.
2 comments:
That night in Bethlehem looks like it was really cool. Poor little tuckered out Dallin. That's pretty funny, though.
How fun! Our ward did a "Night in Bethlehem" party while I was in High School. I remember it being so fun!
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