Christmas Traditions Part 1 - Tree and Bethlehem

I love this time of year... I love Christmas!  We love to decorate for Christmas... I think Nathan enjoys it as much (if not more than I do) Nathan started decorating the outside of the house the week before Thanksgiving.  Mainly because of his work schedule and we would be out of town for Thanksgiving so we wanted to get a jump start on it.

We also have a few traditions each year that we like to do.  I'm hoping going to the Live Bethlehem will become a yearly tradition... it was pretty crowded so I don't know if I can talk Nathan into it again LOL!

So anywho... gotta have a tree to decorate! 

 and here is my mantel all decorated... I love having so many stocking hanging from there :)

At Ponte Vedre Beach a church puts on a wonderful very life like Live Nativity.  It is a whole city to recreate what Bethlehem was like when Jesus was born.  It is very life like, real animals, markets and at the end is Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus.

Petting a donkey

Taylor was taken back with how "real" everything was....

 Showing us how they dyed clothes back then...

Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus