Think your employment status is bad? Live camels are getting too pricey to participate in live nativity scenes in Wisconsin, where it can cost up to $2,100 to rent three camels on Christmas Eve. Those looking to re-create a nativity scene on a budget are economizing by replacing expensive camels with donkeys and sheep, which cost a fraction of the price to rent. [UPI, Image via Getty.]


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