Contemplative nativity play in Beilngries: Christmas begins!

Contemplative nativity play in Beilngries: Christmas begins!

on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, the festive Christmas season began in Beilngries with an enchanting crèche celebration in the parish church of St. Walburga. While the lights in the church went out at 3:30 p.m., a tense anticipation filled the room. Countless families filled the church to watch the nativity play, which the children offered. They told the moving history of the birth of Jesus when Mary and Josef found shelter in a stable and the Son of God was given to humanity. This performance impressively conveyed the central message of Christmas: "The Festival of Love", as one of the children announced, while the musical support from a youth group of the symphonic wind orchestra under the direction of Ida Meyer created the festive mood, as the Donaukurier reported.

diverse participation of the celebration

The children contributed to the children, but also the committed members of the wind orchestra to the children's nativity scene. The event attracted numerous spectators and let the church be filled to the last place. The children aroused the biblical story through their play and emphasized the real meaning of Christmas by putting the warmth and cohesion that this festival brought with it. The celebration was therefore not only a performance, but an expression of the community and the anticipation of the upcoming Christmas, which many will celebrate with their loved ones at home, supplemented by the course of the celebrations on this special day In the Christmas season .