definition for: #peacelight

Each year at the beginning of the Advent season, a child from Upper Austria is chosen to travel to the Holy Land to collect the Peace Light from the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The Peace Light is then carried in two blast proof miners lamps on an Austrian Airlines jet from Tel Aviv, Israel to Vienna, Austria where it is distributed at a Service of Dedication attended by Scout and Guide delegations from across Europe. The delegates then spread the light and its message of Peace throughout their own countries. Austrian Airlines then flies the miners lamps containing the Peace Light to New York City where a distribution ceremony is held at JFK. Scout and Guide delegates then carry the light throughout North America, sharing the message of Peace from person to person, community to community.