Each Advent season, I am reminded of my childhood and how my family always set up a nativity scene. We never gave it much thought that this practice began when Sain… ...

Since their wedding on Dec. 26, 1966, the couple have amassed 1,700 Nativity sets, 110 statues, icons and banners of St. Nicholas and more than 100 Advent calendars.

In the early 1970s, he hand-carved a Nativity set out of scrap wood for my grandmother. The original set contained the Nativity essentials: Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and the stable animals.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord!”; anticipation over, socks washed, sins forgiven; the Nativity. Jesus is in the house!

Many Catholics display Nativity sets in their homes during Advent and Christmas. Churches, schools and other public places may set up crèches as well. Some celebrate with a live Nativity scene that ...

Pope Francis signed the short letter Dec. 1, the first Sunday of Advent, during an afternoon visit to Greccio, Italy, where St. Francis of Assisi set up the first Nativity scene in 1223.

For Your Next Nativity Scene, Add a Dragon and a Baptismal Font Julie Canlis In the story of the Incarnation, symbols of death and danger remind us of God’s renewal.

We return by 7:00 to find a living nativity scene and warm up with FREE hot chocolate and cookies for all. Children of all ages welcome. Please dress for winter! Angels and shepherds welcome.

To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity scene created by St. Francis of Assisi, your gift for the second week of Advent is an interactive Fontanini Nativity village populated with the ...