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SANTA MARGARITA, Ca. — Wet weather earlier this month did not prevent more

than 4,000 people from visiting the Twelfth Annual Living Nativity

hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Rancho

Santa Margarita. Participants dressed up as Mary, Joseph,

angels, wise men and others to tell the story of the Nativity, a

20-minute retelling of Luke 2 from the Bible, said Karen Lake, the

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church's media director. Visitors came bundled up and carrying umbrellas to watch the shows performed from Dec. 11-13. More

than 400 nativity scenes from around the world were also displayed

throughout the weekend, Lake said. Church members Judy Goodfellow and

Jennie Turner-Brazel organized the creche, or manger, displays.

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