Mormon Church

Every year, Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike, but especially so at Christmas time. It is decorated for Christmas with millions of lights, nativities, and special religious programming designed to help us remember that Christmas is a Christian holiday.

A Temple Square Christmas celebration is one that is taken seriously and prepared for many months in advance. Staff begins putting out the cables and extension cords in August, quickly followed by thousands of strands of lights. Volunteers and workers hang garland and lanterns and set up nativities throughout the grounds in November in order to be ready the Friday after Thanksgiving. For many, decorating the Square is a family tradition. (more…)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are sometimes called Mormons, has a new that is the result of fifteen years of planning. The building, which is 230,000 square feet, required four years to build, provides employment for 12,000 people, and is already making headlines. It is open to the public at 15 East North Temple Street in Salt Lake City, Utah on land originally owned by Heber C. Kimball, First Counselor to President Brigham Young. (more…)