Orearville Christmas program

Knox and Redford try to get Mullins to learn his lines, but all he wants to do is play with his axe. (Geoff Rands/Democrat-News)
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Blankenship gives food to Gertrude the Deer after she frightens Heying, causing her to faint on Friend's lap. (Geoff Rands/Democrat-News)
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Sloane, Fisher and Blankenship try to make sense of the loss of Fisher's oil fields and diamond, coal and gold mines, as well as the possible loss of his home. (Geoff Rands/Democrat-News)
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Lawton Johnson portrays a preacher who emcees a play recounting of Christ's birth in "Lo! A Star!" (Geoff Rands/Democrat-News)
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Pam Barrett as Mary and Justin Foltz as Joseph view the shepherds as they come to worship the newborn baby Jesus during the second half of Orearville's Christmas program, "Lo! A Star!" (Geoff Rands/Democrat-News)
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At the play's end, Eldon, played by Fisher, decides that he can "forgive and forget" all the wrongs done to him, as Jesus taught. (Geoff Rands/Democrat-News)
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