St. Nicholas and Santa Claus were both on hand Dec. 7 to greet children and adults attending the annual Creche Festival at Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. In addition to breakfast with Santa and St. Nick this years 3-day festival, held Dec. 6-8, featured a living Nativity, a performance by the Rochester Lyric Opera, Christmas caroling, a Dady Brothers concert and the display of nativity sets from around the world on loan from the University of Dayton.
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Katherine Russell, dressed as an angel, tells 4-year-old Nori Bellucci-Mattice about the journey of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Christ as part of a living Nativity.
Dawn Fitch and her 10-month-old daughter Alannah McPherson meet St. Nicholas.
Five-year-old Asyanna Foust (left) and her 3-year-old sister Ayrabella enjoy their visit with Santa Claus during breakfast with Santa Dec. 7.
Nine-year-old Greta Hall smiles as she tells Santa what she wants Dec. 7.
Lacy Burdick (from left), Pam Warren and Pam Sandberg, members of the singing group Final Harvest, perform during the Creche Festival.
John Himmelsbach shows off his Rudolph nose during the Creche Festival’s breakfast with Santa and St. Nicholas Dec. 7.
Six-year-old Logan White and his 3-year-old sister Audrey look at some of the nativity sets on display at Sacred Heart Cathedral.
