Christmas Eve Program

Christmas Eve our church always does a great program of music and Scripture to really get everyone into the mindset of focusing on the reason for the season. It's always well-attended and ends with candlelight and a gospel message. This year the kids donned costumes and sang about 5 songs, added a little narration, and called it a pageant. The adult choir sang 6 or 7 songs, as well.

Andrew and his friend Autumn played Joseph and Mary.(He has the advantage in that he is one of the only boys.)

Abigail was a little sheep. And this girl did amazing. Last year she wouldn't leave my side to do something like this. This year she stood on stage, willingly wore her costume without a fight, and even sang the right words. She has come a long way this year.

Leah and the older girls that could read narrative parts were angels.

Here's a short video of one of their songs:

They even sang a finale with the adult choir. It was so good.

Jacob did okay sitting still the first few songs, but he naturally got bored after awhile. He walked around in the pew some, ate snacks, and near the end discovered he could crawl under the pew. He didn't do half bad for a very active 15-month old and I only had to take him out once-- we got juice & he was fine the rest of the time.

And after it was over, some very excited children came home and got ready their cookies for Santa and heard the Christmas story from the Bible. We always light the advent candle and then sit in darkness for a minute as we talk about how Christ is the light of the world. Then Andrew pulled his mattress into the girls' room for a sleepover, like we did last year, so they'd all be together when they woke up in the morning. It didn't take them long to fall asleep.