POCATELLO — A fundraising drive is underway to purchase Nativity sets and donate them to those in need during this Christmas season. Tod Krumenacker of Pocatello said he had the idea about five years ...

The very first live Nativity scene, it is said, was created by St. Francis of Assisi, who staged a reenactment of the birth of Jesus Christ in 1223, using a doll as the newborn Jesus and a few live ...

Politically charged Nativity scenes are not new, but tension over them is escalating this year as pastors express opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in public displays ...

A doll representing the baby Jesus is zip-tied in the Nativity scene outside of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — ...

A Christmas display outside a Massachusetts church has ignited a fierce backlash from immigration authorities and the Archdiocese of Boston, setting off a debate over politics, faith, and the ...

OCEAN AVE — Damon Vix isn’t a Grinch by any means. He celebrates Christmas, giving gifts to family and friends. But when it comes to the nativity display in Palisades Park, Vix response is “bah-humbug ...

A Nativity set, or crèche, is a three-dimensional representation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Some elements of a Nativity set are included because they are mentioned in the Bible. Other figures or ...

HAVE MIXED OPINIONS. THIS CONTROVERSIAL NATIVITY SCENE AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DEDHAM WILL REMAIN THE ARCHDIOCESE, SENDING THE PARISH A LETTER CALLING IT A DIVISIVE POLITICAL DISPLAY AND TO REMOVE THE ...

When he was a child, Luke Hartman, 17, vividly remembers a delicate glass plate with an engraving of a Nativity scene. It’s a favorite of his from a collection kept by his grandmother, who died when ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities are mystified over a brazen theft over the weekend from a Christmas Nativity scene of an icon of infant Jesus Christ that had been widely scorned online. Snatched ...

Federal Enforcement Nativity A doll representing the baby Jesus is zip-tied in the Nativity scene outside of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 ...