Grab some coffee or hot cocoa and snuggle up with the family for the story "Christmas at Bethabara" by Betty Russell. Join children Hannah and William, refugees staying at the Bethabara mill during the French and Indian War, as they experience their first Christmas at the Moravian town of Bethabara. This story was inspired from an excerpt from Adelaide Fries' Records of the Moravians in North Carolina: December 1, 1760: " On Christmas Day the English children from the mill came to see our Christmas decoration, they were so poorly clad that it would have moved a stone to pity. We told them why we rejoiced like children and gave to each a piece of cake. In Bethania, Br. Ettwein held a Lovefeast for the 24 children there, at the close of the service each received a pretty Christmas verse and a ginger cake, the first they had ever seen" (Vol I, 233).

Cast:

Narrator: Maizie Plumley

Hannah: Maggie Pelta-Pauls

Mama - Casey Landolf

Papa - Seth Payne

William - James Landolf

Brother Loesch - Seth Payne

Brother Ettwein - Seth Payne

Music:

Christmas by the Fire: https://www.purple-planet.com

A, Lobe Den Herren: From Mit Freuden zart: Moravian Chorales for Band © Moravian Music Foundation. Used by permission.

Sound Effects (Freesound.org):

Boot stomp; soft by Australopithecusman

Choir_unisono_simple_melody by uair01

Church bell by organicmanpl

Cold howling wind by alanmckinney

Indoor Footsteps by dkiller2204

Kids chatter Primary School Birmingham, UK by sbyandiji

Walking and Opening Door by chris.t

Wind at door howling by Bosk1