The crowds were shoulder to shoulder with nearly no room at the inn, or rather, the Colorado Springs Colorado North Stake Center during the 6th Annual Colorado Springs Crèche Exhibit and Live Nativity Performance where an overall estimated 3,500 attendees perused the 1,020 Nativity scenes on display during the two-day event held Dec. 5-6.
“They were coming in droves,” said Bonnie Hart, event chairwoman, who gives much of the credit to the previous organizer, Bryan Searing, who began this annual event in 2009 as a tri-ward missionary tool that reached out to the community.