Alpine Village

Our church hosts a wonderful Christmas village with "shops" that children visit, a live Nativity to experience, Alpine horn blowers, an elaborate puppet show, visits with Santa and fake snow for kids to throw on each other and roll around in. People from the community come as well, making it an annual tradition for many. Literally thousands of people visit each year.

We took the girls on the first night. They made gingerbread cookies, received a book and a bag full of candy, made ornaments, ate popcorn, hung crosses on a tree with their names on them, and watched the Nativity scene. Their favorite part, by far, was the fake snow. Even Amelia loved the fake snow. On the 3rd day, we worked in the Candy Shop. Molly and Rebecca took turns as the Elf greeters as the adults ushered herds of kids around the shop for candy.






Hopefully, this will be a new Christmas tradition for us, one we can look forward to year after year!