I found this amusing. The details:
It's another sign of recessionary times: Camels are being booted for donkeys and sheep in the Nativity-animals-for-hire business.
Camels command $500 to $700 per day this time of year, including handler and liability insurance - necessary because the hump-back animals can be ornery.
Sheep are cheap: You can book two or three, plus two or three goats, for $250 a night, including handler; it's $25 if you pick them up at Jo-Don Farms yourself and skip the handler. Donkeys are $250 with handler; $75 without.
Wonder what they charge for a baby Jesus stand-in. :-)
Haha! A nativity industry niche...I never even thought of that. :P
Posted by: Shaun Connell | December 10, 2008 at 01:41 PM