Our son Stephen, age 6 is the shepherd standing in the back and our Scottie, age 2 is our little Wiseman down in the front with his big sister Natalie age 4 who was our precious little Mary on this Christmas Eve.
(It has been fun collecting these old photo’s for my mom this Christmas. Some of the following is of a post I shared last year.
(It has been fun collecting these old photo’s for my mom this Christmas. Some of the following is of a post I shared last year.
“It was the Sunday before Christmas, and the counselor in the Primary ( Children’s Sunday School) presidency was talking to the children. For her lesson she brought in her nativity set. The figures were in a box on the floor, and the stable was up on the table. As she told the story of Jesus’ birth, a child was invited to come up, choose the appropriate figurine from the box and arrange it on the table.”
“Probably if adults had been doing this, we would have put Baby Jesus in the middle with Mary and Joseph close by. The shepherds would have been off to one side and the wise men on the other. All the figures would have been facing forward, and it would have been aesthetically pleasing.
At first the counselor thought she would just quietly rearrange the figures as the lesson was continued, but then the thought came that there was nothing wrong with what the children had done. "In fact, she thought, "that’s exactly what it would have looked like if we had been there on that night. We wouldn’t have been able to take our eyes off of Him, and we would have inched as close as we could get." Author unknown
It also happened with our own grandchildren as they too portrayed the birth of Jesus Christ on that sacred night, so long ago as their own Papa read the birth of Jesus Christ from the bible.
Our family won't all be together again this year, but scattered in four different states across our country.
Our daughter and her family will be joining us in celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ this Christmas Eve. Their four little ones are already planning what role they will play in the annual Christmas Eve Pageant.
Traditions are the glue that help bind families together and build such cherished memories! :-)
Traditions are the glue that help bind families together and build such cherished memories! :-)
May our family and loved ones know of our love and hopefully they and each of us will welcome the Savior of the World into our hearts and into our Christmas celebrations this year.
May you and your families enjoy a very Blessed and warm Christmas filled with much love!
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