A live Nativity

Our primary program was tonight! What a busy day. No rest for this mom and Primary President. A while ago I saw in a magazine while waiting to be drilled on in the dentist office the ideas for the decorations for tonight. Christmas trees cut out of wrapping paper and a balloon Christmas tree. However the magazine had no instructions how to build the balloon Christmas tree. But those that know me know that when I have something in mind I am determined to figure it out. But you know what? I know I was inspired to call the counselors that I have because they are just as creative as I. I was able to tell them what I saw in the magazine and my first counselor quickly went to work. She went dumpster diving at a cemetery of all places to get those tri-pod wire things that hold up the flowers at funerals. She found some and they worked out great as a mold for our Charlie Brown Balloon Christmas Trees. We placed one on each side of our stage. The wrapping paper trees all over the walls of the gym, with a few snowflakes. I was also able to get Christmas Stocking Ornaments for each child at the farmers market and we engraved their names and year on the back and hung them all over all the paper trees. We set up the chairs for our little theater and hung paper chains along all the backs of the chairs. My other counselor made a wonderful slide show of the children's activities throughout the year and set it to primary music. We invited the whole ward and we asked if they could bring a finger food to share. Some did but there was not quite enough to go around because there was so many investigators that came. What a special night to come because the children did such a wonderful job. You felt the spirit and it was sweet. Shauna played the roll of a Shepard(est), and all the children had memorized their parts. We hope you enjoy and feel the Christmas spirit like we did. Merry Christmas!