Alpacas pretending to be camels stars of Auckland church's nativity scene

Alpacas pretending to be camels stars of Auckland church’s nativity scene

Monday, December 9th, 2019

A pair of alpacas have become unlikely stars in Massey Presbyterian Church’s annual Christmas Drive-Through.

Casting the animal participants in live nativity scenes has always been a challenge in New Zealand, where there are no camels to accompany the wise men who made the trek to Bethlehem.

But over the 16 years the Auckland event has been running, organiser Dan Mills has managed to come up with a creative solution. Read more

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