Live Nativity in Dana Point draws hundreds

DANA POINT — More than 50 years ago, Jeanne Whittaker played the role of Joseph in a live Nativity scene created by her father, a retired Navy captain, in front of their home in Capistrano Beach.
On Friday, Dec. 21 and Saturday, Dec. 22, Whittaker, now 67, watched a similar live Nativity scene on the lawn in front of her house on Big Sur Street. This time, it was her six grandchildren and more than 20 others — ranging in age from 3 to 14 —  who played the wise men, angels,