Some farmers have extra reason to rejoice at Christmas: Tis the season for renting out animals for live Nativity scenes and other holiday events. Growing up in rural Burlington, Wisconsin, one of ...

Some farmers have extra reason to rejoice at Christmas: Tis the season for renting out animals for live Nativity scenes and other holiday events.Growing up in rural Burlington, Wisconsin, one of ...

(RNS) — Though they aren't mentioned in the Bible Christmas story, live animals have been part of nativity scenes since the 1200s. But sometimes things go awry, including a recent case of cows ...

Camels, donkeys, sheep and goats are part of the traveling petting zoos busy providing animals to churches that want to add an air of authenticity to living Nativity scenes. A-Z Exotic Animal ...

People gather around a pen of animals as the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church celebrates Christmas Eve with a children's service complete with a live nativity scene on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019.

Some farmers have extra reason to rejoice at Christmas: Tis the season for renting out animals for live Nativity scenes and other holiday events. Growing up in rural Burlington, Wisconsin, one of ...

Some farmers have extra reason to rejoice at Christmas: Tis the season for renting out animals for live Nativity scenes and other holiday events. Growing up in rural Burlington, one of Larry ...

Sunday morning, Dec. 16 and Dec. 23, Metropolitan Church of God, 9:30 a.m. A donkey, three sheep and two goats are available to pose with children at the Nativity scene in the foyer of the church ...

The animals travel everywhere from Memphis to Nashville to Tupelo, Mississippi, sometimes for parades, petting zoos or, during the Christmas season, bringing manger scenes to life.

The church brought in live animals for a living nativity and handed out candles for a ceremony. Everyone in attendance also got an ornament to hang on their Christmas trees. Organizers said the ...

So woe betide anyone who attempts to take the animals out of Christmas. Fortunately, the Pope himself realizes the futility of promoting a humans-only vision of Christians’ most hallowed story: “No ...

From nativity plays to crèche sets to Christmas cards, animals are ubiquitous in our vision of the birth of Christ – but according to the Bible, not a single animal was there.