After a delicious Christmas Eve dinner we settle down for the Christmas program at James and Cambers home in Rancho Santa Fe.
In the tradition of the years when my children were little and we acted out the Nativity Story with me narrating and Richard being the donkey carrying Mary to Bethlehem, James is the narrator and Chase is the donkey, Jimmy is the angel, little Kelsi is Mary, Maria, Matt, and big Kelsi are shepherds and Melissa, her friend and Lea are the Wise Men.
The angel visits Mary to tell her she is going to bear a son and his name will be Jesus.
Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem to pay their taxes and can find no room in an inn. Baby Jesus is born that night and laid in a manger. The shepherds follow the star to find the Babe. The Wise Men, too, have been traveling to seek the Baby Jesus.
The Shepherds and Wise Men visit Baby Jesus and Joseph and Mary for the final scene of the Nativity Story.
Joseph accepts gifts from the Wise Men for Baby Jesus
Jacob and Camber finish off the Christmas Eve with a beautiful Christmas duet.