Annual Pilgrimage to FEEL Christmas brings 10,000 to a 265-acre Ohio farm

   Liberty Township, Ohio – The spirit of Christmas grows on Niederman Family Farm.

   In a world of commercialism, many want to experience the purity of the Christmas season. 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.

   When all your senses come together, it makes an experience become a lasting memory. 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.

   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!

   “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, not just Christians, from near and far. And it means we have been blessed with enough of our own bounty to give back by offering this tribute for free to everyone.”

   The Christmas Walk at Niederman Family Farm features a half-mile outdoor, handicap accessible, walkway 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.

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

   “We have wonderful professional music groups to 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 the Franz Klaber Orchestra, West Chester Symphony, interaction with the DJs from WFCJ Christian Radio Show and a variety of other entertainers including church choirs, string groups, children’s programs, family singers and 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.

   The Niederman Christmas Walk is like nothing else around. But it has been around. Many of the refurbished pieces were purchased at auction from the late Carl Rudd. In 1969, he started a Christmas display in Dayton before moving to a farm in Adams County where he and his wife Judy provided Christmas joy year round on their farm. Their farm became a traditional holiday stop for families that may now wonder whatever happened to that enchanting place? Rudd eventually grew too old to keep the million lights aglow and after the Niederman’s bought it, Rudd came to visit their farm and the torch passed hands to another Ohio farm family destined to keep the tradition alive.

   A newer barn with modern amenities is available for rent 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.

   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