• Thumbnail for Nativity scene
    In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/krɛʃ/ or /kreɪʃ/), or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem)...
    45 KB (4,622 words) - 16:20, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neapolitan nativity scene
    The Neapolitan nativity scene is a representation of the birth of Jesus traditionally set in Naples in the eighteenth century. The Neapolitan crib art...
    2 KB (144 words) - 03:12, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nativity of Jesus
    manger scenes depicting the nativity within or outside of their homes, or attend nativity plays or Christmas pageants focusing on the nativity cycle in...
    110 KB (13,538 words) - 07:05, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christmas
    Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. Additionally, several related...
    184 KB (19,743 words) - 14:00, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christmas traditions
    crucifixion and the blood he shed. The tradition of the nativity scene comes from Italy. Nativity scenes are known from 10th-century Rome. They were popularised...
    51 KB (5,862 words) - 05:31, 13 March 2024
  • Jesus Christ Nativity of Jesus in art, any depiction of the nativity scene Nativity (Campin), a 1420 panel painting by Robert Campin Nativity (Christus)...
    3 KB (384 words) - 15:30, 30 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Caganer
    Caganer (category Nativity of Jesus in art)
    [kəɣəˈne]) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas such as Andorra, Valencia, Balearic...
    17 KB (2,074 words) - 21:24, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for U.S. Steel Tower
    East Busway. Each year a nativity scene, goes on display in the building's courtyard. It is larger than the original nativity, and is the only authorized...
    22 KB (2,182 words) - 04:19, 13 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Catalonia
    numerous dioramas by nativity scene makers, or a single nativity scene they put out, and town halls generally put out a nativity scene in the central square...
    235 KB (22,285 words) - 04:23, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Church of the Nativity
    The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The grotto holds a prominent religious...
    64 KB (6,786 words) - 00:42, 2 May 2024
  • Baby Jesus theft (category Nativity of Jesus in art)
    from the outdoor nativity scene in Jönköping in Sweden, once thrown into the nearby lake of Vättern. This has led to the nativity scene, resembling a wooden...
    20 KB (2,184 words) - 14:38, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christmas in Italy
    Christmas). The tradition of the nativity scene comes from Italy. One of the earliest representation in art of the nativity was found in the early Christian...
    82 KB (9,062 words) - 03:17, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nativity of Jesus in art
    The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated...
    42 KB (5,442 words) - 16:10, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sanctuary of Greccio
    views of the wide Rieti Valley. Francis presented the first living Nativity scene in a nearby cave in December 1223. The Saint Francis of Assisi legendarium...
    4 KB (332 words) - 00:33, 31 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Christmas in Mexico
    February 2. Traditional decorations displayed on this holiday include nativity scenes, poinsettias, and Christmas trees. The season begins with celebrations...
    28 KB (3,661 words) - 00:38, 17 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Grant Parish, Louisiana
    Rights-era legislation of the mid-1960s. In December 2016, a courthouse nativity scene in Colfax drew a complaint from the New Orleans chapter of the American...
    37 KB (2,354 words) - 02:37, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Greccio
    Saint Francis of Assisi devised the first living Nativity scene (in Italian: presepe). The Nativity scene tradition continues there to this day, and a memorial...
    22 KB (2,220 words) - 12:26, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Freedom From Religion Foundation
    of the placement of a nativity scene at Green Bay's city hall. Before the case was heard, the city removed the nativity scene. The judge then dismissed...
    71 KB (6,883 words) - 18:56, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Francis of Assisi
    conflict of the Fifth Crusade. In 1223, he arranged for the first live nativity scene as part of the annual Christmas celebration in Greccio. According to...
    79 KB (8,961 words) - 14:31, 3 May 2024
  • Crèche or creche (from Latin cripia "crib, cradle") may refer to: Nativity scene, a group of figures arranged to represent the birth of Jesus Christ...
    442 bytes (100 words) - 03:57, 5 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nativity play
    life-size nativity scene (crib or creche) built by Giovanni Velita, with live animals. This is the first Nativity play. However, more formal Nativity plays...
    9 KB (984 words) - 23:35, 10 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Manarola
    largest nativity scene in the world[citation needed]. The statues were made with recycled materials. The lighting of the luminous nativity scene takes place...
    7 KB (636 words) - 01:28, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chaz Stevens
    take down the religious displays, a Hanukkah menorah and Christian nativity scene, that were put up annually next to a firehouse on the Hillsboro Boulevard...
    50 KB (4,854 words) - 02:47, 29 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sicily
    Sicilian religious festivals also include the presepe vivente (living nativity scene), which takes place at Christmas time. Deftly combining religion and...
    160 KB (16,013 words) - 14:45, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Traditions of Italy
    Natale (Happy Christmas). The tradition of the nativity scene comes from Italy. The first seasonal nativity scene, which seems to have been a dramatic rather...
    139 KB (15,921 words) - 22:32, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bavarian National Museum
    wood carvings including street scenes and Nativity Scenes. The museum holds an extensive collection of Nativity scene from the fifteenth through early...
    11 KB (1,257 words) - 15:49, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christmas market
    Strasbourg, France, 1859 Popular attractions at the markets include the Nativity Scene (a crèche or crib), Zwetschgenmännle (figures made of decorated dried...
    30 KB (2,715 words) - 11:07, 23 April 2024
  • Massacre of the Innocents flight into Egypt Nativity Fast Nativity of Jesus in art in later culture Nativity scene Neapolitan Star of Bethlehem Twelfth Night...
    7 KB (602 words) - 09:16, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ice nativity scene (Graz)
    The ice nativity scene (German Eiskrippe) is an ice sculpture exhibited annually in the Landhaus courtyard in Graz, Austria, during Advent time. The project...
    8 KB (919 words) - 01:11, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Adoration of the Magi
    earliest infancy, as king of the earth. The adoration scene was often used to represent the Nativity, one of the most indispensable episodes in cycles of...
    18 KB (1,913 words) - 02:14, 2 May 2024