Festival of the Nativity

Last Sunday night we attended the annual
Festival of the Nativity
which is held at the Orlando Stake Center
across the street from the temple.

Inside, in the cultural hall, there are hundreds
of nativity scenes displayed.

There are musical performances
in the chapel.

There is a room just for families
with young children
to make Christmas decorations and crafts.

There is also a room just for posing
for your own live nativity scene with your family
which you'll see at the end of this blog.

Following are some photos
of a few of the nativity scenes.

I took more photos that turned out
to be too blurry to include here. With the low
lighting, it was tricky to get a good photo.

Below is the tiniest nativity scene.
You may think it is a white thimble,
but there is a nativity scene carved on it.
It is from Peru.

The nativity scenes were made of wood, china, glass,
metal, wire, cloth, paintings, and potatoes. Potatoes?
Yes, potatoes, as you shall see.

Here's Huddy by one of the larger nativities.

Here's the potato nativity.
Sorry it's not clearer.

Katie took this clearer close-up.

This one below is made from wooden boards.

And here's the live nativity scene portrayed
by the cousins, minus Nola.