The house is adorned with hundreds of lights, and the yard is packed with lit-up snowmen and other Christmas characters. Neighbhorhood cheer The entire cul-de-sac in this neighborhood near Lake ...

And yet these nativity scenes aren’t much more far-fetched than the traditional ones. Christmas, like many other holidays, is a social ritual informed by some mix of religion and folklore. As ...

The Nativity scene remains without the Baby Jesus until Christmas itself. Each year at the school Mass just days before Christmas, the Nativity scene is already set up.

CBS News Since 1995, the library has presented an annual Nativity exhibit – from a mariachi manger and a stable made of bread, to more traditional scenes, and the abstract.

At 2212 W. El Prado Road in Chandler, see 50,000 lights with life-size Christmas features, animated lighting, a large Nativity scene and music.

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Christmas 2023 marks 800 years since St. Francis of Assisi staged the first manger scene in the hill town of Greccio, about 50 miles north of Rome.

A food artist in the U.K. has created an amazing Nativity scene made entirely out of cheddar cheese. Prudence Staite was commissioned by the Pilgrims Choice cheese company to carve the Christmas ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Finally, a special holiday report. During the Christmas season, many places around the world have a long-standing tradition of displaying manger scenes, or crèches, that ...

But when did this tradition begin? Slate explores the history of the nativity scene: Blame St. Francis of Assisi, who is credited with staging the first nativity scene in 1223.

It’s a tale we see displayed every Christmas season on lawns and mantels around the world in nativity scenes. But what if we saw that from another perspective?