A night in bethlehem christmas party

Last weekend I helped a few ladies from my church plan our wards Christmas party: A Night in Bethlehem. We wanted to create a Christmas experience that celebrated the life of Christ. I'm on the enrichment committee,

Our ward (a group of Latter-day Saints or Mormons) this year hosted A Night in Bethlehem for its annual ward party. We met first in the ...

A Night in Bethlehem - Market tent ideas

Last weekend I helped a few ladies from my church plan our wards Christmas party: A Night in Bethlehem. We wanted to create a Christmas experience that celebrated the life of Christ. I'm on the enrichment committee,

Our church always has an annual Christmas dinner. Sometimes its the usual sit-down dinner with some light entertainment. One year it was ...

This was a night like no other. In and amongst all the hustle and bustle of holiday preparations it was so nice to walk into this humble, peaceful night of honoring the birth of our Savior. Many, many talented and gifted individuals worked their magic and came up with a beautiful marketplace that offered fruits, sliced meat pitas, olives, crackers and all sorts of great food for our "supper." Bottled water at the well. Lots of rugs and blankets for family seating. Tables and chairs were set…

Welcome to a Night in Bethlehem at Purple Chocolat Home. A few years ago we realized that we wanted to celebrate the birth of Christ on an extra night - separate from presents and Santa, and make it be a celebration of the true meaning of Christmas. The house is prepared by moving the furniture out, and placing additional rugs on the floor as we are going to sit on the rugs with tables elevated on #10 cans. The family all receives an invitation and and when they arrive we greet them in…

It was a wonderful night in Bethlehem... We had our ward party last night. This is the Christmas party that I had in mind after I did last years ward party. I am so glad that I got to stay around and see my "vision" play out for the evening. Most wards do something like this at least once, but our ward has never done it. It is a huge on taking, but I knew that it could be done. Here is the census area where you signed the census and paid your taxes (can of food) before entering the market…