For more than 50 years, the Living Nativity Pageant at the First United Methodist Church of Johnson City has returned the holiday to its religious roots for thousands of residents and visitors. The free sound-and-light show uses music and narration to pull together the familiar elements of the familiar story of the birth of the Christ from the various books of the Bible, with live costumed characters (including a real baby Jesus) living out the story as it unfolds. The show is repeated ev ...