The Berlin Area Merchants invite the public to join them on Nov. 29 to help celebrate the start of the Christmas season with a live nativity parade and candlelighting ceremony. The nativity parade will begin at 5:45 p.m. at the Berlin Village Gift Barn and conclude at the stage at the center of town, where the candlelighting ceremony is held and the Christmas story is read by Larry Kaufman. The parade will feature Mary and Joseph, the three wisemen, carolers, angels, shepherds, and live animals such as camels, sheep, goats, donkeys and horses, all furnished by The Farm at Walnut Creek; which also will bring a sleigh and a team of oxen and more. Visitors also may encounter Frosty the Snowman and the Gingerbread Man dancing while giving candy to children along the street.