Peace Lutheran to present Boar's Head Christmas Festival

Peace Lutheran Church is happy to announce the 24^th annual Boar’s Head Christmas Festival!

The 2018 Boar’s Head Christmas Festival at Peace Lutheran Church will be held November 29, 30, December 1, and 2. Services on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are at 7:30 p.m. Sunday services will be held at 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Beginning Thursday, November 1, FREE tickets will be offered to the public on a first-come basis. Tickets can be obtained by calling the church office at 314-892-5610.

Pre-festival music this year will be: Thursday - We Are One Community Chorus; Friday and Saturday – Bells of Peace; Sunday – Orchestra of Peace. Through the festival, Peace offers the St. Louis community a peek into Christmas past with a message as real today as it was then. It presents one of Christianity’s oldest Christmas traditions, the Boar’s Head Christmas Festival.

As the pageant opens amid carols and other period music, a Yule Sprite appears ushering in the celebration with a “Christ Candle” lit to symbolize the Christ bringing light to a darkened world. Before the procession of Lords and Ladies, Dancers, Musicians, Swordsmen and Servants, the boar’s head is presented to King Wenceslas, symbolizing the defeat of evil, an analogy of the Savior who ultimately conquers evil.

After the merriment of the court scene, the Christmas story is presented without dialogue, complete with shepherds, and wisemen following the star to the Holy family.

Peace is located at 737 Barracksview Road in South County. Additional information about the festival can be found by clicking on www.peaceboarshead.org.