In the year 1223, St. Francis of Assisi first arranged a manger scene with live animals inside a cave in the town of Greccio, Italy, where he told the villagers the story of the birth of Christ. A ...

A Neapolitan Nativity scene at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Pschemp via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Neapolitan Nativity scene at Santa Chiara in Naples Sailko ...

Year-round, audiences can view more than a hundred nativity scenes featuring over 2,000 figurines from various countries at the International Museum of Nativity Scene Art in Málaga, Spain.

The Nativity Scene — which Kenney thinks is the largest Nativity Scene in the Midwest in terms of the number of figures and scenes depicted — fills up nearly all available open space beside ...

Live Nativity scene at St. Wojciech church, Wyszków, Poland, 2006 (photo by Ejdzej) Even today, in some parts of Europe the tradition of the live Christmas crèche continues. Communities gather – ...

The nativity scene was nearly nine feet high and, according to the FBI, has been estimated to be worth $20 million. The best of Artnet News in your inbox. Sign up for our daily newsletter.

“The nativity scene was made over 60 years ago,” Kenney said. “It started with Gordon Keith, who was a very famous person in Columbus, especially around the holidays.

She thought that lobsters would best capture the whimsical scene she was trying to achieve. With her background in art, she started drawing up caricatures and soon, she had her masterpiece. In ...

A live nativity scene was on display at New Life Baptist Church in Scranton. A nativity scene is a prominent Christian tradition utilizing art, decor, and sometimes even actors to represent the ...

Christmas is year-round in Greccio, a small cliffside village in Lazio. The reason? This is where St Francis of Assisi created the first-ever nativity scene in a cave in 1223.