Tag: Bethlehem
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Christmas Crunch
Christmas Countdown Day 17 focused on sheep. The shepherds were out in the fields nearby Bethlehem doing their job the night Jesus was born. They were watching over, protecting and caring for their sheep. For the next several days, our family is wading through what I like to call the “Christmas Crunch.” Our schedule is…
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Away in a manger
Christmas Countdown Day 15 focused on the manger. The Son of God’s first baby bed was a feeding trough. In order to help us imagine sweet Baby Jesus’ head laying down in the manger, we recreated the scene. We built a manger out of a woven basket, and added yellow tissue paper like straw. Animals,…