On one of the holiest nights of the Christian year, there will still be candle-lighting, the singing of âSilent Night,â childrenâs pageants and sermons heralding the birth of a savior.
Itâs just that much of it will be live-streamed, prerecorded, in very small groups and â in at least in one case â conducted in the bitter cold.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing Madison-area churches to come up with inventive, 21st century ways to celebrate Christmas Eve â perhaps the most traditional of Christian services when people pack the pews to sing hymns, listen to the story of a pregnant Mary and her husband, Joseph, looking for a place to stay for the night, and pass a candleâs flame symbolizing the light of Jesus coming into the world.
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