Annie And The Nativity

By Uncle Hans

We saw an ad in the newspaper for a live nativity scene at a local church.  We decided to check it out.  It would be a good opportunity for Grandma to get out and we had Annie for an afternoon as well.   It started with a little coral full of sheep and a donkey.........





.........Annie charmed the Sheppards by telling them she was a Sheppard.  They bought this obvious poppycock and awarded her with a Sheppard's staff.............





..............Also outside in the exhibit was the Bethlehem blacksmith.  He made a door hook for Annie out of a large nail........





....it was a cool design for an exibit.  They gave you a little bag of coins to "buy" things from the merchants in the ancient Bethlehem marketplace.  The whole thing, by the way, was free. Here Annie is buying an egg in the market............





....this lady showed her how they made wool onto yarn.........





.....this girl was running a potter's wheel............





........This, of course, was what we came to see...........





.........afterward, we recounted the treasures we had bought including a wooden mallet, a staff, some spice sachets, a woven reed figurine, some wool yarn figure, and, of course, the door hook from the blacksmith.  All in all an interesting holiday experience.



Uncle Hans