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 ...

For some people, it just doesn’t feel like Christmas until you’ve seen a Living Nativity, complete with live animals and actors portraying Joseph, Mary and the wise men adoring the baby Jesus. But ...

Watch children when they enter a petting zoo. Just about always, their faces light up with joy at seeing the animals as their hands reach out to touch them. Ask parents why they take children to ...

Visit a live nNativity in West Tennessee, and chances are you’ll see a camel, a donkey and some sheep, all from Hooker Farms in Milan. The animals travel everywhere from Memphis to Nashville to Tupelo ...

The Christmas llama was named Rocky and he had a large, crooked under-bite. With black, soulful eyes that matched his coat, the creature had green boughs adorned with ornaments wrapped around his long ...

WILLIAMSBURG - It's that time of year when folks come from all over Iowa County and beyond to see a live nativity scene, complete with Sandman the camel, Poncho the burro and a few other exotic ...

Live nativity scenes, those visual representations of Jesus Christ’s humble entry into the world, can be fairly simple, stress-free affairs. Get an infant to serve as Jesus and adults or children to ...

Jubilee Equine drew more than 560 people on Friday for its first three live Nativity shows featuring animals and an all-ages cast. Four more free shows are scheduled Saturday. Live animals and ...

The Walk Through Nativity at Briarwood Presbyterian Church continues Dec. 11-12, 6:45-8:45 p.m., featureing a camel and other live animals. Judy the camel, star of many past Nativity scenes, died this ...

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 Squire’s ...