Yesterday it was on the bus at 11 AM for the ride to Knotts Berry Farm to eat fried chicken with boysenberry pie for desert. After a couple of hours there it was back on the bus for the ride to the Chrystal Cathedral for the 4:30 showing of The Glory of Christmas. We arrived back here at Newport Dunes around 7 PM.
The Chrystal Cathedral is a huge complex consisting of the very large all glass main sanctuary, the memorial gardens, the bell tower smaller sanctuary building, the visitor center along with many memorial statue scenes. It is all beautiful manicured and very showy& glitzy. In the memorial gardens you can have your ashes placed in a crematory niche for $1650-$4500. There are 10 person family plots for $250000 as well as crypts priced somewhere in between.
The Glory of Christmas is staged in the main cathedral. It is a musical that uses live animals and approximately 250 people portraying the birth of Christ. There are several scenes that have up to 7 live angles flying over head. This is accomplished with with the use of cables and electric winches. At one time there were 5 horses on stage. At another there were probably 18 animals consisting of sheep, goats, a small calf, small camel , donkeys etc. They had 3 large camels on stage during the wise men scenes. They portrayed the manger where the Baby Jesus was born as being in a cave. I had always thought of the stable as a wooden or adobe structure but I guess it could also have been a cave.
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