A Book of Mormon Christmas

This year for our Leslie family Christmas party, we broke tradition a little. We decided to have our party early instead of on Christmas Eve. And instead of the traditional Nativity play, Ross's mom found a book called A Book of Mormon Christmas that we used as our script. This book had scriptures from The Book of Mormon that talked about Christ's birth along with traditional Christmas songs to sing. So we dressed up as characters from The Book of Mormon and acted out those scenes. I thought it was a fun addition to the traditional Nativity story that we have always done.

I think we all agreed that Isaac was the best looking Nephite/Lamanite. Look how awesome he looks!

William was our "Samuel the Lamanite." Everyone loved the part when the "unbelievers" got to throw rocks and arrows (i.e., feathers and pom pom balls) at him.

Leah especially loved this part. She kept throwing things at him even after the scene was over. And William, of course, was happy to let her do it. And for days afterward she loved talking about throwing rocks and arrows at William.

We passed the book around and took turns reading the scriptures from The Book of Mormon.

Here's Gavin as our "Nephi" praying for the people the day before Jesus was born. Followed by the unbelievers falling to the ground when the sign of Christ's birth appeared.  

And here's Sierra holding the star that appeared at Christ's birth. Followed by Mary (Alex), Joseph (Tyler)and Jesus in the stable.

Leah's attention span for the activity was very short! We had a hard time keeping her downstairs. She was much more interested in having a tea party with William.

The book even came with a menu suggestion. So going on those ideas we had enchilada soup, taco soup, quesadillas, chips, salsa, guacamole and for dessert some yummy tres leches cake. If you ask me, you can't go wrong with some great Mexican food!

It was kind of weird to get together so early in the Christmas season. But it is always good to spend time with family. I'm not sure what we'll do on Christmas Eve since we won't be spending it with our Leslie family this year. But I'm sure we'll find some way to make it special.