Advent calendars were my favorite when I was a kid, so I was thrilled to learn that they’re one of the most popular French Christmas ... Well, nativity scenes typically come down and then ...

Ermell via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 ’Tis the season for the Christmas crèche ... of sculptures or living beings, the Nativity scene (as well as the closely related Adoration ...

St. Francis of Assisi is depicted in a Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square Dec. 14 at the Vatican. (CNS/Justin McLellan) The true Christmas crèche, from the French word for crib, is a grouping ...

The Marian Library at the University of Dayton has over 3,600 Nativity sets, also known as “crèches,” the French word for cribs ... visit children’s homes in the lead-up to Christmas. A 2003 Nativity ...

We lose or break pieces of the Nativity scene because the scene is old and delicate, as many family Christmas decorations are. While other Christmas decorations come and go throughout our home ...