Start the day smarter. Get all the news you ... 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." ...

papal spokesperson Matteo Bruni told RNS it’s customary for the statue of Jesus to be removed from the Nativity scene until Christmas Day. But on Saturday (Jan. 4), when the Paul VI Hall was ...

Coptic and Syrian celebrate nativity on January 6 and 7, which is the date known as “Old Christmas Day” because this is the date that the first Christian emperor, Constantine, assigned as the ...

The nativity is one of those Christmas traditions that almost all ... You’ve been a boss since day one, and no one can tell you what to do. As a child you relished the opportunity to shout ...

Ten days before Christmas, McElroy and Landon Arnold ... that was part of “The Road to Bethlehem,” a three-day free, outdoor Nativity event organized by more than 55 volunteers The event ...

VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in ...

Thousands of tourists travel to Bethlehem every year at Christmas time Bethlehem is celebrating Christmas. A huge tree covered in lights is on display in the square outside the 1,700-year-old Nativity ...

Christmas is a Christian holy day that marks the birth of Jesus ... The story of Jesus's birth (also known as the nativity) is often retold by children taking part in nativity plays.

In 1818, the first known Christmas carol was sung at Oberndorf ... In 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as Soviet president the day before Russia's Supreme Soviet (the name for the USSR's legislative ...