(RNS) — Though they aren't mentioned in the Bible Christmas story, live animals have been part of nativity scenes since the ... “They are a great draw,” she said. The animals at the first ...

During the first iteration of the live nativity ... bring an array of barnyard animals, as well as a camel, to the event. This year, visitors can expect the same scene framed by the backdrop ...

he gathered some animals in a cave, invited villagers to take a look and preached the story of the birth of Jesus. Over the centuries, nativity scenes or crèches became an art that could be ...

before the nativity scene is revealed in a barn at the west end A nativity trail where actors tell the story of Christmas around a cathedral's grounds hopes to inspire children to use and be ...

Here’s a holiday tradition we should abandon: Well, actually-ing Nativity scenes in Christmas art and song ... Let’s start with the animals. Paintings and songs about the Nativity often ...

"Presepe" is the word for manger scene in Italian. But Marcello Mancini, a teacher at the art institute where the ceramic nativity set ... and many animals, come from a set consisting of 54 ...

or other domesticated animals mentioned in conjunction with Jesus’ birth. But early nativity scenes took their cues more from religious art than from scripture. What about those nativity plays ...

‘I haven’t seen anyone say they feel more Christian because they’ve seen it,’ art historian ... accompanying animals. This year, the Vatican has called the Nativity scene “contemporary ...

(WTVF) — The congregation of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church is drawing on experience to create a nativity scene they hope brings ... Laux created the works of art himself. As it turns out, he ...