he annual Santa Monica Nativity Scenes display is a community tradition dating from 1953 that celebrates the true meaning of Christmas.  From the second Sunday in December through the end of the year in beautiful Palisades Park, booths with life-size figures depict events surrounding the birth of Christ.
 

Pedestrians and motorists can watch God’s love for man unfold in the Christmas story along Ocean Avenue.

Churches, businesses and individuals pay for the event with voluntary contributions. The nonprofit Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee organizes the display.
he 13 churches and Santa Monica Police Officers Association, which make up the committee, and their representatives invite you to visit the Nativity Scenes in person and through this Web site.  We hope that the display will lift your hearts as it proclaims the start of “the greatest story ever told,” God’s redeeming love through the coming of Jesus Christ.

 

Nativity Scenes Committee Members
1.

The Annunciation

Santa Monica Police Officers Association
Rep. Sgt. Robert Almada		 8.

Peace on Earth

First United Methodist Church
Rep. Charles Kearsley
2.

Joseph’s Dream

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Santa Monica – Second Ward
Rep. Starlene Hansen		 9.

Herod’s Court

Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Rep. Carolyn Eisenberg
3.

The Visitation

Saint Monica Catholic Church
Reps. Andy and Rose Marie Layman		 10.

The Three Wise Men

First Presbyterian Church
Rep. Rob Lowe
4.

Caesar’s Decree

Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Rep. Angelika Gunn		 11.

Presentation in the Temple

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Foursquare Church
Reps. Pastor Rob Scribner, Alana Brazis, Kari Czer, Pat Peterson, and Hunter Jameson

5.

Along the Road

Metro Church, A Calvary Chapel
Rep. Kendra Acevedo		 12.

Joseph’s Warning

Pacific Crossroads Church
Rep. Kathy Lovin
6.

No Room at the Inn

Santa Monica Church of the Nazarene
Rep. The Rev. Clarence Crites

 13.

Flight Into Egypt

Trinity Baptist Church
Rep. Randy Bresnik
7.

The Nativity

St. Anne Catholic Church
Rep. Eva Macias		 14.

Return to Nazareth

Calvary Baptist Church
Rep. Bernice Hodnett

Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee
P.O. Box 0648
Santa Monica, CA 90406
E-mail: nativityscenes@gmail.com