Betlehemezés 2014

Last Sunday the children performed in the Hungarian Christmas Pageant, or Betlehemezés, in the chapel at the Hungarian Catholic Mission in Portola Valley and at the Hungarian Reformed Church in Redwood City.

This video is of the Redwood City performance. It is about 17 minutes long. Alexander's lines start at 6:10 and Charlotte's at 11:58.

Alexander's lines, roughly translated, were:

Joseph made a bed of straw, and Mary put him, who was the son of God, into the manger. In a stable in Bethlehem, a little child lays on straw instead of a bed, and slumbers.

Charlotte's lines were:

Three kings of the East: Caspar, Melchior, Balthazar.

Where are they going so late at night in the dark?

They are carrying treasures on camel back: frankincense, myrrh, gold.

Above their heads a bright star shows them the way.

They amble through the desert, filled with peace and love.

Are they going to visit an emperor? No. A small child.