Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his family, shepherds, the three wise men believed to have visited Jesus after ...

One of the oldest depictions of Jesus Christ lying in a manger is on view at the Byzantine Museum in Athens. (Image via Wikimedia Commons) With Christmas upon us, many observers of the Christian ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus’s ...

For the third year in a row, Heidi Pelligra will transform part of her property into a Bethlehemian barn just like the one Jesus Christ was born in after his mother was denied a room at the inn. “It’s ...

A modern Nativity at the Festival of Nativities depicting Mary and Joseph taking a selfie with the newborn Jesus as the three Wiseman bear Amazon gift packages on Segways. The festival is at Centenary ...

It’s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble patrimony to serve Christ’s Church as a poor, itinerant preacher. One of the world’s most beloved ...

The Nativity scene on Boston Common was vandalized overnight with a spray-painted message that read “Jesus was Palestinian.” Video captured by a Boston 25 News photographer showed the message in white ...

Hallelujah! A Baby Jesus statue kidnapped outside a Long Island government building has been returned, police said. “The Baby Jesus statue that was reported stolen from a Nativity scene … has been ...

MURPHYSBORO — The Nativity of Jesus has been depicted as part of Christmas celebrations for centuries. While many will have a Nativity scene on display this time of year, most are not like Mimi Rice.