The center of any and all nativity sets is the Christ child. Everyone and everything else revolves around him, as fits the "Firstborn of creation." In his company there is the whole world: his mother ...

By Cliff Johnson At first the stable was empty. Then came lights and trees and straw and snow. Then the characters in the nativity scene at St. Nicholas Church in Carver began arriving, two at ...

“It takes two weeks, several days to put up, then we set up the display then several days to take down, then I’m exhausted,” she added. The nativity scene collection is on display at Merriam ...

Originally rooted in three centers (Naples; the Provence, France; and Southern Germany and Austria), nativity sets have spread all over the world, thanks, not least, to missionary efforts.

Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...