That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by ... dealing with education) – the large nativity scene, which had been a Christmas gift to the Pope from ...

They include the “putz,” a Nativity scene that tells the story of Christ’s birth with miniature wooden figurines ... walked up the stairs and opened a large closet, where the congregation ...

On quiet nights during the Christmas season, Ed O’Malley enjoys visiting the Nativity scene he helps set up every year in an Arlington Heights park. He’ll check whether the wind has blown over ...

Almost every family has one, large or small, made of paper, clay, wood or even corn husks. Some are handed down from generation to generation, giving them added value. Most nativity scenes only have ...

Pope Francis, with a large bruise on his chin, arrives to hold an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, December 7 ...

City workers have set up the enormous Christmas tree on the green fronting City Hall, as well as the Nativity scene just within the gate of the old Hancock Cemetery and a 9-foot-high Menorah ...

A view of Nativity Scene is in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Dec. 7. Crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with Baby Jesus’ crib covered by a Palestinian kaffiyeh donated by ...

The Nativity scene featuring a keffiyeh that was unveiled ... Unlike many in the art world, we are not beholden to large corporations or billionaires. Our journalism is funded by readers like ...

The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...

From the city of the Prince of Peace came a gift of a nativity scene made by artisans. The figures were made of olive wood, the large Star of mother-of-pearl, and other elements with various ...