Wales Presbyterian Church Pastor Rick Ness gives live Nativity participants instructions in front of the church on Route 132 during the final practice before their Christmas Eve performance on Saturday in Wales. "I had a lot of fond memories doing it as a kid and I thought it would be a nice tradition to start here," Ness said. "I came up with the idea, but she, Jasmine Satchwell, has been the coordinator of the whole thing." The Nativity will be performed at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, by parishioners ages 5 to 83. The Christmas Eve service will be at 7 p.m.

Cathy Roy listens to the living nativity participants, from left to right, Horton Austin, 83, Adler Johnston, 8, Edward Frost, 52, Ruby Austin, 80, Adam Greenwood, 7, Nathaniel Chick, 5, Richard Gile, 81, choir director Bethany Chick, Ryder Johnston, 10, Mary Jane Poussard, 70, Rachel Howard, 12, Isaac Greenwood, 5, Grace Levesque, 7, Christina Levesque, 32, standing in for Jeff Chick, and Sandy Mann, 11, practice the "Little Drummer Boy" Saturday.

Pastor Rick Ness helps angel Ruby Austin, 80, from Wales, into the Wales Presbyterian Church after their group practiced the living nativity outside on Saturday. A group of 14 parishioners ranging in age from 5 to 83 will perform the nativity on Christmas Eve, with animals donated form Brian Johnson.

Angels file into the Wales Presbyterian Church on Route 132 after practicing the living Nativity, which will be performed Christmas Eve from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and again from 8 to 8:30 p.m.