Midland Ontario, is pleased to present its third annual “First Light” Christmas Event
Midland, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, in Midland Ontario, is pleased to present its third annual “First Light” Christmas Event. The event runs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, December 2, 3 and 4, from 6:00 p.m. to -9:00 p.m. Visitors can enjoy the site amidst the enchanting glow of over 2,000 candles. Christmas choirs, the Huron Carol, Children’s heritage crafts, costumed staff, and 17th-century cooking are featured.
Admission is $3.00 per person plus a non-perishable food item that will be donated to a local charity. “First Light” is a magical evening that will be enjoyed by the entire family.
In 1641, Father Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit priest, was working as a missionary among the Huron people at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near what is now Midland, Ontario. He wanted to tell the familiar Christmas story in a way the Hurons could understand, so he composed a Christmas Carol in the Huron language, setting the words to the tune of an earlier French carol. Father Brebeuf was later killed by an Iroquois war party, but the Hurons who escaped remembered the song and continued to sing it. Almost 100 years later, another Jesuit priest heard the carol and wrote it down. It was translated into French under the title “Jesus est ne.” In 1926, poet J.E. Middleton wrote an English interpretation that is widely known today.
For further information just contact Sainte-Marie among the Hurons at (705) 526-7838. Overnight accommodation can be arranged at the Best Western Highlands or the Comfort Inn, minutes away from the Ste. Marie Among the Huron’s Site.
Source: Georgian Bay Tourism
Weblink: http://www.georgianbaytourism.on.ca
October 29, 2004
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