The tradition took root across Europe, and within the next couple of centuries, nativity scenes spread throughout the continent. The scene that started with a manger filled with hay, an ox and a ...

and live reenactments of the manger scene in communities and churches. While Nativity sets focus on the holy family, they can also include an angel, the three wise men bringing gifts, shepherds or ...

The scene also includes the three wise men and a shepherd. Locally and nationally, government displays of the Nativity scene have ... was pried loose from the manger and later found by a dogwalker ...

A doggy day care has recreated the nativity scene with a dozen well behaved pooches ... baby Jesus, the three wise men, shepherds and angels in the sandpit at the 15,000-sq-ft centre in Sharston ...

This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Christmas nativity scene. In the year 1223, St. Francis of Assisi first arranged a manger scene with live animals ... and one of the wise men is playing a ...

Shepherds arrive, and three Magi, or wise men, approach ... Francis’ manger may have been the first recorded live Nativity scene. But it was far from the first visual depiction of Jesus ...

Every year, the faithful at Seaside Chapel build a live Nativity scene ... to wise men with robes pulled over their bluejeans, Roman soldiers wearing plastic armor over their shorts and a manger ...

and live reenactments of the manger scene in communities and churches. While Nativity sets focus on the holy family, they can also include an angel, the three wise men bringing gifts, shepherds or ...