Main Street Bethlehem

This past Saturday we took another Christmas trip up to Burnet, Texas to walk through an enclosed Bethlehem Village and witness what it might have been like on the night Jesus was born. If you have never been there and you live in the Austin area, I would highly recommend it. It is really amazing- I have never been to or heard of anything quite this elaborate. It is a full village complete with live animals, hundreds of people playing roles as different people who worked and lived back then, rooms with jewlery, beds, tables, pottery, breadmaking, a jail, an inn, and, of course, the stable with Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus. It is so detailed there is no way to do it justice- you just have to see it. This was our 2nd time to go- last year it was cold and rainy and we walked right in. This year...we got there and the line weaved in and out around the entire town square. We waited about 2 hours to get in and it was very crowded, but well worth it (even at 9 months pregnant, although I did have to sit a few times and rest my feet). Our pictures really do not do it justice- it is hard to get a picture of how big and realistic this event really is- and it is all free to anyone. Megan took many more pictures than we did and I am sure has some good ones of the village- I may have to get a few from her and add another post later. The picture of Griffin in a fire truck is not part of the village- it was there for the kids while we waited.