This certainly can be a most wonderful time of the year and I'm thoroughly convinced that is the case because of the reason for the season. The deapth and breadth of meaning and enjoyment is derived from our remembering and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ at this time of year. We were very happy to participate in the Lighting Ceremony this year but I was more interested in the live Nativity Pagent put on here at the JSBM each of the past seventeen years. I always loved our traditional pagents of the nativity done by our family and looked forward to this years production at the Memorial. It went amazingly well and especially so the second night because the sound system worked much better. I am glad I was asked to take some pictures of the Nativity which allowed me to be in an isolated spot that really enhanced my experience the second night. Another factor that definitely enhanced the experience for everyone the second night was having the regular cast not show up and having the show go on because of the willingness of all those volunteers who pitched in. We were so blessed to have a young family here early to tour the Memorial and see the movie who accepted the invitation to be the Holy family. Their little baby was perfect and her crying just added to the whole experience. Anyway the best thing about it was having individuals comment that they had never had such an experience before. Everyone agreed it was a total success.