ERIE, PA - In what is being described as a tragedy, a local Sunday school at Erie United Reformed Church has come under scrutiny after children sent up on the big stage for the yearly Christmas program were caught lip-syncing to pre-recorded songs and scripture readings.

Church members began to notice something was wrong when they were able to recognize the first few songs.

"Oh good," said Doris Leavenworth, sitting in row three, "I was hoping that they would sing 'Go Tell It On A Mountain' since that's always been my favorite! And 'Hark The Herald Angels Sing' is another good one!"

It was only when the audience noticed that several children were not singing at all, including several grade school children struggling with their unfamiliar and bulky winter clothing, two toddlers in the fr

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