As the snow fell around us, reindeer pulled us through a trail and out onto a frozen lake. The kids loved having an up-close-and-personal experience with reindeer, and I loved feeling like I was in an actual snow globe.
A piece of wood worshipped as part of the manger in which Jesus was born has been returned to the Holy Land. The relic an early Christmas present from the Vatican will go on display at a church in Bethlehem.