December Challenge: Day 5 .....

Historic.

Since we live in Historic Bethlehem this challenge was an easy one!

After supper we headed downtown to see the Christmas display at the Historic Hotel Bethlehem. This photo was taken from inside the hotel looking out onto Main Street. I have added a filter for a softening effect.

One of the charms of living in Bethlehem at Christmas time is the many activities that go on in the downtown area. Horse drawn carriage rides are just one of those activities. You can also take a ghost tour led by guides dressed in historic clothing carrying old style lanterns.

SINCE 1741, Bethlehem has beckoned travelers to experience the warmth and hospitality of the delightful community. In that year, a small group of Moravians settled on the banks of the Lehigh River near the Monocacy Creek.

On Christmas Eve of that first year, 1741, the Moravians' patron, Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf of Saxony, Germany, visited the new settlement. In their two-room log home that housed both man and beast, the Count christened the community "Bethlehem". Since 1937 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has been known throughout the world as Christmas City USA.