Each year a child from Upper Austria is chosen to collect the Peace Light from the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem into an explosion-proof lamp. Austrian Airlines then flies the flame to Austria. 

On the third Saturday in Advent, Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Osterreichs, the Austrian National Scout Organization, hosts a multinational distribution ceremony ("Friedenslichtaussendungsfeier") to share the Peace Light with national delegations of Scouts for further distribution. Each year approximately 1200 people from more than 20 different nations attend the event.  Scouts from Scouting America's Transatlantic Council represent the United States and Peace Light North America at the ceremony.