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2017 Christmas at the Crib Celebration Pictures
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We had such a wonderful family evening at the 2017 Christmas at the Crib event!
A large turn-out of families enjoyed participating in reading the Christmas story, complete with life-sized Fontanini statues representing all the characters in the story of Jesus’ birth.
After stories and songs, our evening concluded with hot cocoa, cookies, and a Children’s Holiday Shop at the Carmelite Gift Shop.
Visit our National Shrine Museum website to see a slideshow of the event.
If you missed this marvelous event, we hope you can join us next December. To be notified of our upcoming events, please subscribe to our Campus Newsletter.
Extended Christmas Hours- One Day only!
On December 21st the Carmelite Gift Shop will be open late for your shopping convenience.The National Shrine Museum of St. Therese will also be open that night until 7 p.m. - be sure to stop by and see our beautiful life-size Fontanini nativity scene!
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