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Dec. 8, 2008 - A Tour Through Bethlehem

Posted in Memorable Moments

We heard about a little Christmas festival in a neighboring town and had to check it out. What initially caught our attention was the "Live Nativity" that my friend described. But we didn't know that it was a festival that included ice sculptures (which we didn't get to see), a holiday version Saturday market, bands playing Christmas music and just an all-around festive atmosphere. Here are the girls sitting on Santa's lap in the market

What always cracks me up is that the girls can never think of a thing that they might want for Christmas so whenever they sit on Santa's lap and he asks them what they want, they usually say something like "I don't know". I don't really think Santa knows what to say to that.

After checking out the market with all the cute, homemade goods we all went to a lovely Italian restaurant and had dinner.

So then we had to check out this living nativity thing. A local church puts on a "tour of Bethlehem" each year. It was much more than a living nativity!

We got there and they give all of us 5 shekels.