The Bettses don’t know how many blow molds they have; it’s become too hard to keep track, as one counting challenge among the ...

An incomplete nativity scene is central to the mystery in this episode, which brings back memories of school Christmases. Did you take part in a nativity at school? Who did you play? I did ...

It was just after midnight Monday heading into Tuesday when Angela Mondella, still about two weeks shy of her due date, began having contractions. “After about an hour, I woke up (my husband ...

LOCKLAND, Ohio (WXIX) - An surprising delivery on Christmas Eve in a Lockland nativity display. A sheep gave birth to twin. The live nativity scene in Lockland is a tradition for many people in ...

Strange, right? That’s how I feel when I see Christmas events or displays with no mention of Jesus or a Nativity. The birth of Jesus is the very reason for Christmas, so excluding him from ...

The octave of Christmas begins on Christmas itself, the feast of the Nativity of the Lord. It ends on the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on Jan. 1, which this season falls on a Wednesday in the ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth in Joseph's house, with no mention of a manger or journey to Bethlehem.

A salesman displays ornaments at a shop near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, on December 17, 2024. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images ...

There are many fond memories and cherished, time-honored traditions, rituals and symbols that mark this time of the year -- the symbols of the Christmas tree, the ritual of decorating it, the ...

The traditional Maltese nativity crib is increasingly being showcased on overseas platforms as far as the US. International recognition of the unique tradition reflects the growth in popularity of ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 2.5 Perhaps the most well-known issue with this common Nativity scene is the number of men who visited Jesus. The idea that there were three of them does not ...

My personal favorite moment was when Darius stepped in to play a Wise Man during a Nativity Scene sketch that Bargatze and the SNL cast members put on. If you’ve happened to catch Bargatze’s recent ...