Balboa Park Nativity Display ~ December 27, 2006

We parked near the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. The organ was closed at the time, but we got to see the Community Christmas Center Nativity display across from the Organ Pavilion. There were disclaimers all over it stating that the City of San Diego in no way endorses the display, but I was pleased to see that they allow it anyway. Since 1989 the Community Christmas Center Committee has set up this series of life-size dioramas, each depicting a different scene from the Nativity story: the Angel Gabriel appearing before Mary, Mary and Joseph’s trek to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, the Shepherds, the arrival of the Three Wise Men, etc. It was a really neat exhibit and I’m glad we had a chance to see it before they took it down at the end of the season.