This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Christmas nativity scene. In the year 1223, St. Francis of Assisi first arranged a manger scene with live animals inside a cave in the town of Greccio, ...

It calls to mind the nativity scene at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem last year: Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh, his cradle a pile of debris. St.

This is part of Peggy Carlston’s Fontanini Bethlehem city Nativity collection, which will be on display at the 2024 Upland Christmas Nativity Art and Music Festival, to be held Dec. 5-7 at the ...

VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in ...