This is our third year visiting the East Valley of Phoenix for the "season" and it was time to visit the lights of the Mormon Temple and Christmas scenes. Sometimes, it is nice to do something that doesn't involve sweat and dirt.
Visiting the Mesa Arizona Temple during the Christmas season is a feast of both sight and sound.
Visiting the Mesa Arizona Temple during the Christmas season is a feast of both sight and sound.
Hundreds of thousands of decorative lights covering ground-level flower beds to towering-tall palm trees illuminate the north lawn with Christmas music playing in the background..
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We expected large crowds but were pleasantly surprised to find them not too big.
Inside the visitors’ center is the annual nativity display. There is a collection of nearly 100 crèches from around the world.
A life-sized white sculptured nativity that appears to float on a negative reflection pool in front of the temple, and a blazing star lights up a large, traditional nativity imported from Italy with a neighboring shepherds’ field.
It was a good way to spend an evening getting into the holiday spirit.
Looks like a very pretty place. Growing up in the cold, snowy north, it's hard to imagine Christmas in the warm, desert southwest.
ReplyDeleteIt is odd to remember it is Christmastime without the snow. It helps that we takes walks at night to see all of the Christmas lights and the temps have been much cooler in the 60s.
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