From making reservations to hosting outdoor or virtual services, churches are changing their Christmas Eve traditions. Author: Emily DeVoe Updated: 5:42 PM EST December 19, 2020
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On Christmas Eve, the pews at First United Methodist Church Morristown will be empty. We had hoped to be in-house for Christmas Eve. We were planning to take reservations, but as the numbers continued to climb, and we had several members who have been infected, we just felt like it was prudent for us not to do in-house worship, Rev. Asa Majors said about the decision to change the tradition for their most popular night.