By Della Hasselle
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MIDTOWN — Barnyard animals prepped for day one of Radio City Christmas Spectacular rehearsals Tuesday morning, hamming it up for the cameras and posing with red velvet-clad Rockettes.
Billy the donkey, Bella and Missy the sheep, and Nina and Ted the camels all marched down the side of Radio City Hall to make their grand appearance with Rockettes Katie Drablos, Kelly Sheerinsv, Melissa Zakemba and Renise Ellis for tourists on Sixth Ave.
"They're spectacular," tourist Anita Smith, 41, said as she captured shots of sheep, a donkey and the famous camels, which loomed over six feet tall.
Some onlookers seemed a bit confused by the barnyard animals, which will appear in "The Living Nativity" of the Christmas Spectacular, a New York holiday tradition since 1933.
"What is that?" six-year-old Jackson asked his dad, staring at camel Ted.
He seemed amazed after learning the barnyard animal would be rehearsing at the famed New York theater.
"Ooohhh," he said in awe.
