Journey to Bethlehem

I love Christmas! I love doing all the Christmas thing, going to see lights, watching the movies, buying and wrapping presents, and I love going to the Journey to Bethlehem put on by the Baptist church in Layton. In the past I have always gone on a Sunday evening, and we always have a long wait. This year we decided to go on a Thursday and thus avoid the long waiting. We invited our neighbors Chris and Whitney to come with us, and my brother BJ came too.

My plan wasn't that great, in that a ton of other people decided to come on Thursday too. We were waiting for just over an hour to start our tour. We were lucky and were able to be inside and watch a movie while we waited. They were pretty good movies too. We saw most of "The Nativity" (the one that came out a few years ago) and then some of a Bible movie. (I had to laugh though because one of the actors in the Bible movie was Desmond from Lost. Hard to take that serious.)

They Journey to Bethlehem is a sort of an interactive play. You become part of a family that is traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem for the census. Along the way we meet Roman soldiers, Magi, Shepherd and llamas! We even see an angel. Then we travel into Bethlehem where we find the stable and Mary Joseph and Baby Jesus.

It was a little cold outside, so we were happy to warm ourselves in the tent at the end and get some yummy hot chocolate.

We had a good time. I love doing the Journey to Bethlehem every year. It really gets me into the Christmas spirit.