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 ...

AT the Lake District Wildlife Park, staff are busy getting their animals prepared for the cooler winter months ahead. This means moving some of them into stables or smaller enclosures. For the ...

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They put nativity figures on the cake and even sing “Happy Birthday.” Off to the side of the animals was a small manger with a quiet Mary and Joseph — Mia Martinez and Mack Anderson ...

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The animals travel everywhere from Memphis to Nashville to Tupelo, Mississippi, sometimes for parades, petting zoos or, during the Christmas season, bringing manger scenes to life. “It brings ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has started construction on its annual Nativity set in St. Peter’s Square, and the display is expected to include a few animals that may not have been at Jesus’ birth.

Poland - Animal rights activists are protesting the use of live animals amid freezing temperatures at an outdoors nativity scene in northern Poland. Renata Cieslik of the Animal Protection Guard ...

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 ...