Monday, December 22, 2008

The Holy Land Experience at Yuletide


The Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida is part and parcel of the Disneyesque landscape that pervades Central Florida. It's a christianist fantasy, a religious version of Disney World.

Every year visitors can share in a re-creation of Jerusalem at the time of Christ; Bethlehem, too!

"Witness the nativity through the eyes of the innkeeper in Holy Land's special holiday production, Come to the Manger - A Bethlehem Christmas. See the lights, bask in the songs, and re-live the incredible evening that Jesus Christ came to earth, not as a king, but as newborn child lying in a manger."

Stop laughing.

There's more:

"The true tale of St. Nicholas, told in a Kidventure ... (complete with a round sporting boxing gloves!).


"Ye Olde Christmas Carols celebrates the birth of Jesus with HLE's a capella carolers, dressed in the style of the day to charm and delight...

"The Tiny Little Town of Bethlehem is an amazing miniature display of Bethlehem on the magical night Jesus was born.

"HLE's Christmas Southern Gospel Quartet, The Fishers of Men, perform a very special Christmas concert ...

"The story of Hanukkah unfolds in Light the Lights" - what?


It truly is "magical," a fantastical version of the mythical birth of the legendary Jesus, put together by fundy christianists.

I have no idea how Hanukkah snuck in there.

Save your money.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

You sir an an idiot. Demeaning others with your atheistic views while calling yourself tollerant.

Lowell said...

Oh, Andrea, I'm so sorry that I've ruffled your righteous feathers! It is your right, of course, to believe any nonsense that you wish, including legends and myths about ancient gods, and I would defend your right to believe such things.

But, my goodness, if you claim to follow this fellow called Jesus who appears in different guises in the four Gospels, it might behoove you to chill a bit.

He said, as I recall, to turn the other cheek, to not hate those who hate you, to not judge others, to pray in a closet, to do good deeds without thinking of a reward, to feed the hungry and help the sick and visit those in prison.

It would appear that by calling me an "idiot" you have denied your Lord.

Furthermore, you need to learn how to spell: "tolerant" has only one "L."

Maybe you should be worried about going to L.

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