Preparing the Nativity scene starts in mid-October, as organizers work to find volunteers and organize shifts to guide visitors through the display during the two-night event. People give their ...

OTISFIELD — The Live Nativity at Field of Faith on Lodge Hill attracted a crowd of 140 people on a “beautiful night.” Although there were fewer spectators than last year — “most likely ...

to view its latest depictions of the night of Jesus’ birth in the Bethlehem manger. Centenary United Methodist Church in North Lawrence has now amassed more than 450 Nativity scenes, which will ...

while the melodic leaps upward on the “Alleluia” refrain express the joy of the angels’ song that Nativity night. The song first became widely popular when Judy Garland recorded it in 1941.

The Vatican has stated, in response to broad speculation over the keffiyeh’s disappearance, that it’s tradition for the baby Jesus to be removed from the nativity until the night before Christmas.