Five scenes are currently on display at the Main Street site, the Annunciation, the Visitation, Peace on Earth, the Nativity and the Three Wisemen. The work of the SMNS began back in 1953, when ...

The reason? This is where St Francis of Assisi created the first-ever nativity scene in a cave in 1223. The medieval village of Greccio is one of Italy's most beautiful yet lesser-known villages.

The classic nativity scene many of us have in our head might look vastly different depending on where you grew up, while the players might change, the story is still the same — a virgin — Mary ...

Over the centuries, nativity scenes or crèches became an art that could be easily adapted to different cultures and styles, both simple and otherwise. The tableaus feature Mary, Joseph and the ...