A Night in Bethlehem

Times have changed here in Portland. In some ways it will always be the same with Alison around with early morning wake up calls and cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate for breakfast, but long gone are the days we ventured to Mt hood for Christmas Eve and held Christmas our tradiational program. This year for Christmas Eve we celebrated "A Night in Bethlehem" complete with costumes(bathrobes and bed sheets), mediterranean food(spinach pie, pita bread and hummus, olives, meat skewers etc), and a props to immitate the setting(like the canopy set up over the table to represent the marketplace). We watched clips from the nativity movie to help the image become more real.

It was a very memorable night and I'm sure will be repeated for years to come. So if any of you are planning on coming to Portland for Christmas next year you can look forward to our new family tradition!