WATERLOO — A nativity scene was the likely culprit of a day-after-Christmas fire that displaced a family. The fire was reported about 1 a.m. Wednesday at 3810 Paige Drive. All of the occupants ...

In the early 13th century, it was St Francis of Assisi — an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar, who came up with the idea of a live depiction of the nativity scene. There were, however ...

The nativity scene bill—which would place the commonly recognized scene of Mary, St. Joseph and Jesus at the manger on Christmas on Capitol grounds in December—was filed in the Texas House as ...

Mexico City’s first annual Christmas Verbena was in 2019, replacing the ice rink that had formerly graced the Zócalo during the holidays. This year, all boroughs of Mexico City feature an ice ...

This first living Nativity scene – which was famously depicted by Italian Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone in the Arena Chapel of Padua, Italy – ushered in a new tradition of staging the ...

Quincy Center has been decked out for the holidays. City workers have set up the enormous Christmas tree on the green fronting City Hall, as well as the Nativity scene just within the gate of the old ...

Unfortunately, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of the ACLU, determining that the nativity scene's placement on public property violated the Establishment Clause.

Chesna is a carpenter who says he's been helping setup the Nativity scene for the past 20 years. He said when people experience the story of Christmas in Daley Plaza, he wants them to walk away ...

Read on for our guide to the most festive places to celebrate Christmas in the Shenandoah Valley, from a live nativity and a Christmas parade to cut-your-own Christmas tree farms, caroling, and more!

Instead, “the Nativity scene was created to bring us back to what truly matters: to God Who comes to dwell among us,” he pointed out. He went on to consider the characteristic of the true joy ...

A church nativity scene which features two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines, has sparked anger among conservative Catholics and politicians in Italy.