Not quite two years ago, Angela and Daryl Timmerman bought their farm just three miles west of North Mankato, Minn. Named for ...

A salesman displays ornaments at a shop near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, on December 17, 2024. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images ...

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and laid him in a manger... (Luke 2:7) The mother, a man, and the child represent the central figures in the story. The baby lies in a cradle made from hay ...

A primary school in Brighton said its nativity celebrations this year could be its last due to a consultation on whether it will close down. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Davey Drive ...

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The Kentucky Theatre will host showings of holiday films like “Miracle On 34th Street,” “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and ...

WOBURN - It's a doggone miracle: A dog trainer in Massachusetts managed to create the perfect "dog nativity scene" that's bringing a smile to pet lovers on social media this holiday season.

But it's the Spanish region of Catalonia that has perhaps one of the weirder Christmas traditions - and it has to do with a unique aspect added to their nativity scenes. The Catalan region ...

"And one of them is Black!" announces the boy Amahl, gravely. The "Nativity" story is what the holiday of Christmas is all about. But the story itself is a bit of a "Rashomon." Matthew and Luke ...

However, Catalonia in Spain may have one of the strangest Christmas traditions, involving a unique addition to its nativity scenes. The Catalan region, encompassing Barcelona, Girona, and ...

“Black Nativity” is a cherished cultural tradition to some and completely unknown to others. But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the ...