We have had some fun around town at various venues celebrating Christmas. Some of our favorites are:
The Singing Christmas Tree..Our Church puts on a Christmas Concert where all the singers are in a HUGE Christmas tree...they look like ornaments. The kids think it is pretty cool and now my Dad sings in it so that is pretty fun to watch!
The live Nativity...Following the Star in our Neighborhood to "Bethlehem" has become one of our favorite things to do as a family. The kids beg to go when they see the signs pop up in the neighborhood. A local church puts it together and it is truly amazing with live animals, the town scenes, the Wise men, horses walking down the street, real fires, fishermen...you really feel like you are traveling down a street in Bethlehem. They even stop you in your car as you drive up and they "pretend" you are coming into the town for the census...a woman dressed in full costume asks how many are traveling in our party and then she tells us the Inn is full but we could try the stables at the edge of town. It is very real looking and they don't do a whole lot of talking which I like....they let the visual pictures and scenes tell the story!
Christmas Card photos and Lights at Dorothy B. Oven Park. I had a very wonderful and generous friend take the kids' picture at Dorothy B. Oven park this year. She is a professional photographer on the "side" and a nurse at urgent care. The pictures turned out awesome and I can't wait to mail out the cards..we also enjoyed the lights at the park that night. Almost as good as Callaway Gardens!
Santa...I took the kids today to meet Santa. Emily asked us recently if Santa was real and John came up with this answer, "I don't know all the answers but I do know this..when you believe in Santa, then there are always presents under the tree from him." That seemed to do but I know she is suspicious. All the kids sat on his lap and the big kids told him what they wanted. Emily said American Girl Stuff and John Daniel said GI JOE. Molly just looked at him funny. John Daniel was very serious when we got in the car...he said, "Now we got to be good!" and then I asked them..."How do you think Santa knows what to get so that he doesn't get you something that someone else like your grandparents are getting you?" HMMMM....Emily thought about it for a minute and then she said..."there is a big computer and Santa keeps track of everything like that on the computer."
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