How Far to Bethlehem?

You never leave your car.

The road through the church property becomes the road to Bethlehem. You drive it slowly, in the dark, past a sequence of eleven live scenes — large painted scenery, actors in period costume, live animals, lantern light and firelight against a cold December night.

It begins with an angel and a young woman in Nazareth. It ends at a manger. Between those two points is the whole distance the story travels, and you travel it in your own car.

There are no seats and no tickets. Admission is free.

Lithia Springs Methodist Church has presented How Far to Bethlehem? since the early 1990s. Each December, volunteers rebuild the road: actors, scene crews, craftspeople, animal handlers, cooks, and traffic teams bringing the Christmas story to life again — offered to the community free of charge.