and animals. This ritual brings the gospel story to life, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of the miraculous event. A Legacy to Pass Down: These wooden nativity sets are precious ...

You can use your imagination to customize wooden dolls and paper crafts for a unique Nativity to take home ... the shepherds and magi, various animals, and the star that shone above.

While they may elicit a giggle (imagine finding a delinquent wooden ... animals in a cave, invited villagers to take a look and preached the story of the birth of Jesus. Over the centuries ...

Corcoran said the tradition of staging reenactments of the birth of Jesus, with live animals as part of the cast, dates back to 1223 A.D., when St. Francis of Assisi set up a live Nativity in the ...

No animals are harmed in the church's holiday nativity display. In fact, animals aren't used at all. People, however, do dress the parts — Mary, Joseph, the wise men, etc. The volunteers stand ...

Some farmers have extra reason to rejoice at Christmas: Tis the season for renting out animals for live Nativity scenes and other holiday events. Growing up in rural Burlington, Wisconsin ...