Each year, Greccio, Italy, reenacts a living Nativity scene paying homage to Saint Francis of Assisi, who is credited with starting the exhibition that represents the birth of Jesus.

Since 1962, a sweeping life-sized Nativity Scene — depicting numerous figures, but focused on the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and, beginning on Christmas Eve, the infant Jesus — has been one ...

"One Christmas, I was sitting at my home on the Cape, and I realized that there was a scarcity of the different types of nativity sets. That’s when it came to me: the Lobster Nativity Scene ...

The Christmas 2023 Nativity scene at the Vatican will evoke the first-ever live manger, which was created by St. Francis of Assisi in Italy in the 1200s, the Vatican said Monday.

OLYMPIA -- It may not be peace on Earth but for now Washington has declared a truce in the so-called "War on Christmas." Nearly a year after state officials barred a Christmas Nativity scene from ...

Their hobby has made them stars in the nativity world. One of Loccisano and Palan’s nativity scenes, depicting a 1930s-era Dust Bowl farming family migrating west, has been accepted by the Vatican. It ...

On December 7, Pope Francis attended the opening of Nativity of Bethlehem 2024, a nativity scene exhibition in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. One scene featured olive wood sculptures of Mary ...

Nativity sets, a familiar part of holiday decor, are becoming simpler and more abstract with some scenes made out of sleek glass or labeled wooden blocks. While they’re unusual, they also spark ...