A piano and musical recital has become a part of our family Christmas Eve celebration. Here Tink and her cousin get ready to perform. We had piano, sax and clarinet numbers performed.
One of the great things about living so close to family and having such a big (but not too big) and close knit family is the traditions that arise. One of the Compound traditions that has arisen is the Christmas Eve Nativity put on by the children. The kids are not always the most willing participants and usually there are some roles that are less or more desirable and those fluctuate from year to year. Last year it was Joseph and the angel were the despised parts. The adults were able to talk a Joseph into participation and an angel was strong armed into the part of the angel. Ha Ha.
I am not sure what is happening in these two pictures but they are Christmas Eve and my kids have nice clothes on so I am pleased.
The masterminds
The cast getting ready to go out.
Happy Mary and reluctant Joseph.
Angel during her Christmas duty.
The Nativity is of the most important things we do together Christmas Eve because it reminds us why we have Christmas at all. It is so hard to remember that at Christmas it seems. Everything Christmas is so exciting and by the 24th the kids (and parents) are so worked up in anticipation of a certain elf visitor. It is nice to take a little to to be reverent and read the scriptural passage of the birth of Christ and sing hymns together. I think as the kids grow up they will be really grateful that we started this tradition and their own kids will have the privilege to fight over who gets to be the sheppards and the three kings.
How sweet to watch the kids after the fact--masterminds indeed! I am glad we started the nativity years ago and the recital too--I love your blog! Benita
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