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.

Despite some misconceptions, private groups can put up Nativity scenes on public property as an expression of free speech.

At Christmas time in Costa Rica, Nativity scenes, or portales, come in all different shapes and sizes, with just as many variations in the way they are created. The scenes are a material ...

Like the events it symbolises, the story of the nativity scene itself is one steeped in history.

Nativity scenes showing the birth of baby Jesus first originated in the small Italian town of Greccio.

This figure is believed to have started appearing in Catalan nativity scenes in 17th or 18th century. It would traditionally appear as a peasant or shepherd wearing a barretina, a red Catalan cap.

While the United States has a rich and celebrated history of religious displays in public spaces, unfortunately, some choose to attack this honored tradition.

Nativity Scenes Have Never Been Neutral To criticize the Vatican’s nativity with a now-removed Jesus in a keffiyeh would be to dismiss the artistic history of crèches centering marginalized people.

The non-profit organization that creates Santa Monica’s beloved Nativity scenes has found a new home for their life-size diorama for the 2024 holiday season at 2311 Main Street. The official ...

In the wake of global controversy over a Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican showing the infant Jesus resting upon a Palestinian keffiyeh, widely seen as a pro-Palestinian statement, that set ...

One of the Vatican's Nativity scenes raised eyebrows when it was unveiled because it featured a keffiyeh, the Palestinian headscarf.

Nativity scene in Toledo causing a stir For the second time in as many years, the nativity scene is back.