Bethlehem Dinner

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is our Bethlehem dinner. We always have it on December 17th, eight days before Christmas Eve. We prepare food that would have been eaten by Jesus and his family (or, as Greg says, if Bethlehem had a Costco!). We eat fish, lentils, crackers, cheese, flat bread, grapes, dates, nuts, figs, cucumbers, oranges, and persimmons. It is truly one of our favorite meals - so much good food!

We eat by candlelight on the floor. Some of us are adventurous and finish our meal with our fingers, as per custom. We talk, laugh, and share our favorite stories of Christ.

After dinner, we celebrate our first night of Fowler Hannukah. It is such a special night to remember Jesus and his birth.