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Oneonta Living Manger Recreates Christmas

Carol Effner, left, reads the story of Christmas at the living manger scene that was put on my the St. James church on Christmas Eve. The stable, which was constructed in a carriage house behind the The Turning Point on Elm St. featured Sarah Hunter and James Crosby as Mary and Joseph, Greg Hunter, Fred Healey and Tarrah Smith as the 3 wise men, along with several alpacas and a donkey.
Carol Effner, left, reads the story of Christmas at the living manger scene that was put on my the St. James church on Christmas Eve. The stable, which was constructed in a carriage house behind the The Turning Point on Elm St. featured Sarah Hunter and James Crosby as Mary and Joseph, Greg Hunter, Fred Healey and Tarrah Smith as the 3 wise men, along with several alpacas and a donkey.

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