Utah group sets record for world’s largest living Nativity scene

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As the sun was getting ready to set Monday in northeast Provo, hundreds of people dressed in white were bathed in its glow. Oh, and add in a camel, donkey and a couple of sheep.

It broke a Guinness World Record for the most living figures in a Nativity scene.

Officially, there were 1,039 participants in the scene. The previous record was 898.

“It was set in Lancashire in the United Kingdom in December 2013,” said Michael Empric, an adjudicator for Guinness World Records.

He was in attendance to verify the numbers and make it official.

Derral Eves, one of the producers, said it has been only about three and a half weeks since several people decided to attempt to break the record.

“We wanted to do it simply to show the world what Christmas is all about,” Eves said. “It is not all the presents, but it is about the true gift of Christmas — Jesus Christ.”

They got the idea of doing the live Nativity scene and began preparations.

“Within 12 hours we had a plan,” he said. And they got a lot of help.

“I truly believe that Heavenly Father had his hand in all this,” he said.

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