RANGELEY—For 40 years, the Rangeley Friends of the Arts have been sponsoring the annual “Walk to Bethlehem” celebration, this year to be held on Sunday, Dec. 13. This unique event, which recreates Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, complete with community members costumed as nativity figures, will begin at 5:30 p.m. outside the RFA Lakeside Theater in downtown Rangeley, with the reading of Caesar Augustus’ decree that all people must return to the city of their birth.
Walkers will be asked to wait in their vehicles until the Walk begins. Participants will all wear masks and walk with their pod, maintaining social distance from others. Pageant participants and Walkers will walk through the streets of Rangeley, singing (if they choose) and stopping at the Catholic Church and the Baptist Church to ask if there is “any room at the Inn?” We will also stop at the Giving Tree, and the Walk ends at the Episcopal Church. Instead of distributing printed Carol Books, all of the song lyrics will be available online at rangeleyarts.org/caroling-
