While other Christmas decorations come and go throughout our home, our Nativity scene follows a strict tradition. It has its designated spot on a small wooden table in our living room.

Live Nativity scene at St. Wojciech church, Wyszków, Poland, 2006 (photo by Ejdzej) Even today, in some parts of Europe the tradition of the live Christmas crèche continues. Communities gather – ...

A view of St. Peter's Square after the Christmas tree and Nativity scene lighting ceremony at the Vatican, Dec. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

A tableau of sculptures or living beings, the Nativity scene (as well as the closely related Adoration of the Magi) traces its origins back some 1,500 years.

This Christmas season, a bakery in England has created a Nativity scene almost entirely made of bread. Baby Jesus, plus Mary and Joseph, are all represented in the display.

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.

The Nativity scene is revealed and the Christmas tree is lit in St. Peter’s Square Dec. 9 at the Vatican. The crèche is a reproduction of the scene in Greccio, Italy, where St. Francis of ...

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 ...

Nativity scene at the Vatican for Christmas 2023 (foto: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News) Nativity scene at the Vatican, Christmas 2023 (foto: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register) Vatican Christmas ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An iconic Christmas nativity display that has served as a Columbus attraction for years has been preserved by a local museum dedicated to Catholic history. State Auto’s ...

Pope Francis visits a Nativity scene during an audience with the donors of the Vatican Christmas tree and the Nativity scenes, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 3, 2022.