Lamb born on Christmas Eve at Ohio Nativity scene

[December 28, 2011]  CINCINNATI (AP) -- A lamb has been born unto a Cincinnati Nativity display.

The Krohn Conservatory says that a night watchman oversaw the Christmas Eve delivery for a sheep that was part of the live-animal display.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/vYkP2y) that conservatory officials say the birthing went well and the mother and lamb were doing fine. The conservatory's director says they are thinking of calling the female lamb "Merry," for "Merry Little Christmas."

Other details weren't immediately available.

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Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com/

[Associated Press]

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