"Awaited" at Crossroads

One of our newest Christmas traditions is attending the spectacular program, "Awaited," at Crossroads Church in Cincinnati.

We arrived plenty early this year, to enjoy the free popcorn, hot chocolate, Gingerbread Village, and many opportunities for taking family pictures in the church's vast atrium, which they transform into a Christmas village. The photo above, of Kevin, Ryder, Calleigh, and Aubrey McCane, with my wife, the lovely Robin, was taken while I was occupied running around trying to locate other members of the family. 

We all managed to connect in time to take our seats for the show, a dramatic, multi-sensory retelling of the Christmas story. 

I think I enjoyed the show even more this year than last year, and was thrilled to share it with our extended family--twenty of us, all told.