We went to see the live nativity last night with the boys and my MIL.  It was very nice!  Also very cold..brrrr...
They invited everyone in for hot cocoa and cookies so of course we had to do that. :-)  They also had "shops" set up so you could purchase a little piece of wool or some spices.  There was also a potter and he was busy making some pottery and explaining the process to the kids.  They gave the boys a little bag with 5 pennies in it so that they could purchase some of the items.  The younger 3 picked up some wool and some spices.  We were smelling the spices to try and figure out what they were...some of them were pretty stinky.  We did figure out some of them but the others my MIL went over to inquire of the "shopkeeper" what were the different spices called.  It was a neat experience.  There was also a "rabbi" and he told the kids the Christmas story.  They even had kippot for the kids and adults to wear during the story time.  A kippot (plural for kippah) is a head covering worn by orthodox Jews.  This was taken from http://www.aish.com:

"Appropriately, the Yiddish word for head covering, "yarmulke," comes from the Aramaic, yira malka, which means "awe of the King."

In Hebrew, the head covering is called "kippah" -- literally "dome."

The kippah was just a piece of felt for the boys and a piece of lace for the girls. 

I think it will be a new family tradition to go and see the live nativity each year.    It was truly a blessing that we want to enjoy again and again.

Check back tomorrow and I will share our Christmas breakfast with  you.