PLAINVIEW – Christmas has arrived early at Wayland Baptist University’s Mabee Regional Heritage Center, where an all-new collection of Carolyn Cunningham’s international Nativity scenes is on display.

A Nativity set, or crèche, is a three-dimensional representation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Some elements of a Nativity set are included because they are mentioned in the Bible. Other figures or ...

The traditional Nativity figures of Mary, Joseph, and the child Jesus will be inside one of the fishermen’s huts, called a 'casone.' Andrea de Walderstein (left) and Antonio Boemo are spearheading 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 ...

(RNS) — At first glance, the Nativity scene outside Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, has all the traditional hallmarks: Figures resembling Mary and Joseph stand near a baby Jesus, who rests ...

A Claremont church known for its politically charged nativity sets is using the iconic Christmas scene to remind the community to come together in the face of social and political divisiveness. In ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MERRIAM, Kan. — There’s some made of wood ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. SCOTCH GROVE — On the afternoons of Dec. 6 and 7, wealthy women were gossiping at the entrance, learning ...

Christmas is a very special celebration for Ticos (Costa Ricans, as most of the readers of the Tico Times already know, are affectionately known as Ticos). Traditional food, gatherings with friends ...

I spotted it right away on the left side of my kids’ Nativity set, just past the posable figures of the Holy Family and the three wise men, all wearing placid Playmobil expressions. A Wild West ...