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Feisty goat ruins live nativity scene by jumping into baby Jesus’ basket

This goat doesn't care about the meaning of the season.

 

Michelle Jaworski

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Posted on Dec 23, 2015   Updated on May 27, 2021, 11:14 am CDT

Adding real animals to your Christmas nativity scene may make it feel more authentic, but that scene can change in a bleating moment.

For the Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, the goat that it wrangled for its nativity scene didn’t want to stand still anymore as all eyes were on the people playing Mary and Joseph. Then it showed that it wasn’t kidding around, jumping into the basket that’s supposed to hold baby Jesus.

While a good argument for foregoing the small animal touches next year, it’s an even better argument for never using a real baby to play Jesus.

H/T Fox4News | Photo via Rebecca Siegel/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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*First Published: Dec 23, 2015, 10:12 am CST