…This is a Christmas fairy tale by the American writer O. Henry about a married couple. For the holiday, the husband sold his watch to buy hair combs for his wife, and she, in turn, cut her hair and bought a silver chain for her husband's watch.

…This is a Christmas fairy tale by the American writer O. Henry about a married couple. For the holiday, the husband sold his watch to buy hair combs for his wife, and she, in turn, cut her hair and bought a silver chain for her husband's watch. Why did this fairy tale come to mind? Simply because Christmas is a time to give each other warmth, without asking or expecting anything in return. And the traditional Orthodox festival "Bethlehem Star," which took place in the assembly hall of the agricultural and technical college, is further confirmation of this. After all, Christian music flowed from the stage, which perhaps made us all a little better and kinder.

Christmas is a time to love… This song was one of the first among the musical numbers and skits, of which there were more than two dozen. It was performed by the choir of Secondary School No. 3, led by Alesya Pechkovskaya.

The Star of Bethlehem is the good news of the birth of Jesus. The student of Borovaya Secondary School, Anastasia Oshkina, reminded the audience of the sky of Bethlehem in the song of the same name. Students from the theater department and the folk art department of the Lepel School of Arts, the vocal group of the Resurrection Sunday School of the Transfiguration of the Lord, and many others also performed. A Christmas skit was performed by the pupils of the Sunday School of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Vladimirskaya."

At the end of the concert, the participants were awarded certificates and sweet prizes, which were provided by the dairy canning plant and the Lepel bakery branch of OJSC "Vitebskhlebprom."