Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas Drive Thru

Well, I've heard of Drive Through Movies, Drive Through Banking, Drive Through McDonalds but this was a new one on me - a Drive Through Nativity Scene. This is an annual event at the Greenlane Christian Centre.



What a neat atmosphere - lots of excited children - the odd little Santa wandering around and real sheep! We queued up and waited to board a truck that would take us around the scenes in 'hay bale
comfort'. One truck driver had two cute puppies with him, complete with reindeer antlers tied on with a bow beneath their chins.

You could remain in your own car. They were lined up 'Cook Strait Ferry' style. A large contingent of helpers were directing traffic; taking orders for coffee, or sausages; helping people to board the trucks, and chatting.

We watched a scene at a time, then were directed through high gates when it was time to move on. The sound system worked well so we were able to enjoy the jokes. The angel Gabriel was most impressive- he descended from a very high tree - let down by rope - then disappeared again into the darkness.





The final scene looked really beautiful.

It's their last night tonight.

1 comment:

Kris said...

Looks lovely, wish I could go and drive through it!