Christmas Nativity

Every year we put on a Christmas Nativity play with the kids. This is the first year that Julianna was really old enough to participate and get something out of it. She got to play Joseph while Courtney played Mary. She was happy to play with baby "Jesus" and dress him in swaddling clothes.

Angel was absolutely insistent on playing the Angel, of course!

My camera's battery died just as the sheperds and wisemen (Christopher and Dorathy) arrived.

On Christmas Eve we had a lovely Christmas feast filled with Meditteranean foods from the region where the Savior lived on earth. After we cleaned up together and watched a few sweet spiritual (and short!) Christmas movies, we then had our family gift exchange.

It's funny how excited my kids get to put out milk and cookies for Santa, even when they don't actually believe in him...but it's all part of the fun!