{"id":8502,"date":"2011-12-20T00:29:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T06:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=8502"},"modified":"2014-03-28T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T22:36:57","slug":"the-christmas-story-live-in-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2011\/12\/20\/the-christmas-story-live-in-the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Story Live in the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Submitted by:
\nMaryAnn Friesen and
\nScott Tibble<\/p>\n

Several valley churches worked together to put on a Live Nativity at Scott and Cindy Tibble’s farm near Benito. There were approximately 90 volunteers and more than 350 people that attended.
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Cars were parked at the parking lot with the help of Roman Soldiers and from there a sleigh with horses took people into the yard where a shepherd picked up a group of about 40 to commence the tour starting with the campfire with shepherds around it and angels singing.<\/p>\n

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From there the group was led to the stable where they were invited inside by the innkeeper. There were donkeys and a cow in addition to Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus, shepherds, angels and Kings. <\/p>\n

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\n<\/br>The flute was playing softly in the background which made it a worshipful experience along with a young girl playing a guitar and singing, also some readings.
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\nAfter that the shepherds announced that the census would be taken at the marketplace which was full of stalls with owners giving away their wares of baking, maps of Bethlehem, some cider, decorations, etc.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/br>To add to the noise were 2 buskers and a family of beggars.
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\nFrom the marketplace the group returned to the 21st century for drinks and snacks in the garage and then the sleigh taking them back to their vehicles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: MaryAnn Friesen and Scott Tibble Several valley churches worked together to put on a Live Nativity at Scott and Cindy Tibble’s farm near Benito. There were approximately 90 volunteers and more than 350 people that attended. Click a picture for a larger version. Cars were parked at the parking lot with the help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24,13,16,15],"class_list":["post-8502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-arts-entertainment","tag-coverage","tag-life","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}