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Excerpt from a past edition of OhioTraveler


   


CHRISTMAS PILGRIMAGE

More than 10,000 drawn to a 265-acre farm
in Southwestern Ohio for true meaning of the season

In a world of commercialism, many want to experience the purity of Christmas. No Santa, nothing for sale, just an enchanting place outside of church to pay homage to Jesus Christ for whom which the season was born.

If you are seeking solace from the commercialization of Christmas, rediscover the true meaning of the season at Niederman Family Christmas Farm. 

The free Christmas Walk features a half-mile outdoor, handicap accessible, stroll through the Bible. More than 20 scenes featuring life size and some larger than life characters depict scenes from the Old Testament and New Testament. The pilgrimage is illuminated by nearly a million lights and has Christmas music played from more than 50 outdoor speakers every night from 5:30 – 10:00 pm the day after Thanksgiving through the end of December. A real manger with baby Jesus is a sight to behold, and the purpose of the visit.

At the end of the Walk, there are 10-foot angels overhead with their trumpets leading guests inside a very large heated barn. Every guest is treated to free hot cocoa, free cookies, and free live entertainment.

“We have a wide variety of wonderful professional music groups and children’s groups volunteer to perform for free so they, too, can give the gift of giving to celebrate the season,” Said Bethann Niederman. “The entertainment is all Christmas related and includes a well known regional orchestra, symphony, interaction with the DJs from a Christian radio show and a variety of other entertainers including church choirs, string groups, children’s programs, family singers and even a jazz band.”

The journey continues to the nearby series of barns where people see llamas, donkeys, lambs, bunnies, chickens, ducks, pigs and other barnyard animals nestled in their straw floor stalls.  

Combine the crisp winter night, music in the air and the most beautifully crafted hand-painted life-size figurines acting out recognizable Biblical scenes over a half mile walk illuminated by subtle and well placed lighting and you feel the mood, the serenity, peace. You get lost in the journey which is the destination. And at the end of the line, there are rosy faces lifting the human spirit even higher inside a warm barn bearing gifts for all in the form of live Christmas entertainment and goodies. And it’s all FREE! Perhaps that is why the Christmas Walk at Niederman Family Farm has become a rite of passage for many, serving as an annual pilgrimage to FEEL Christmas.

The enormity of it all simply astounds guests. And as they walk around you can hear the phrase, “I can’t believe this is all free,” uttered over and over. 

“Giving back to our communities is important,” Said Bethann Niederman. “To us, Christmas Walk works miracles. It brings nearly a hundred volunteers together to make it happen. It draws more than 10,000 people from all walks of life who travel from near and far to our farm. We just feel we have been blessed with enough of our own bounty to give back by offering this tribute for free to everyone who wants to come.”

The Christmas Walk at Niederman Family Farm is conveniently located near I-75 between Cincinnati and Dayton at 4972 LeSourdesville-West Chester Road in Liberty Township, Ohio. Call 513-887-0725 or visit www.niedermanfamilyfarm.com for more information. A newer barn with modern amenities may be rented for private Christmas parties, church groups, youth groups and corporate groups and parties. For cozier stays, the Gregory Creek Inn nested near Christmas Walk on the 265-acre farm beckons.

By Frank R. Satullo, The OhioTraveler