Saturday, Dec. 22: The Living Nativity, 3-6 PM

The Living Nativity will take place in front of the New Utrecht Reformed Church on Saturday, Dec. 22 from 3 to 6 p.m. The program, with Christmas carols and live animals and an outdoor tableau of the manger scene, with children and adults as actors in the scene, is free to the public in the historic church complex at 18th Ave. and 84th St. Each year the Living Nativity, which has been presented to the Bensonhurst community for decades, attracts hundreds of visitors a few steps from the main church building, which has been closed since Dec. 2003 for a $2 million repair and restoration. The Brooklyn landmark, with its world-known stained-glass windows and pipe organ, was built in 1828. A press release about the Living Nativity will be issued shortly.