Alpine's Live Nativity

We took everyone of the family in Utah County 

with us to Alpine to their Live Nativity fund raiser.

We told them all to wear warm clothes because it was

going to be cold AND IT WAS.

 Our scheduled time for the tickets was 7:30 

and when we got there we joined the line that

went for nearly 100 yards up the hill to the farm 

house and barns where the event was hosted. 

We went past a couple of camels in a pen

and a donkey as well before actually entering the 

area of the event.

And then at the gate we were met by a roman soldier

of which there ended up being many.

The new star hung over the barn where 

Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus were located. 

There were a couple of fire barrels

set around to warm us while standing in line

but it was colder for some reason after we left them

While at one barrel Sam was being kind and scraping 

away lit ashes from the fire so they wouldn't burn 

Cat's coat but when the lady turned and said

something he suddenly realized it wasn't mom.

Easy to see the mistake however.

We then got to pet another donkey and Llama

that were being held around the yard.

The line eventually led into a barn, past more 

roman soldiers, where animals and various 

shops were setup to depict the lifestyle of that day.

The camels seemed bigger in real life 

than any of us had imagined.

There were even some long horned sheep.

Alex even got to feel some dough being made in one shop.

Then outside of the barn, on the way to the barn 

where the nativity was set up, we stopped 

to see the three wise men with their gifts.

Then into another barn and the live nativity with 

only Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus.

Once outside again we were treated with

hot chocolate and a couple of fire poles

by which to stand and get warm before

heading back to the cars.

Ben was ready to go, he had forgotten gloves and was 

pretty cold.