Around the Christmas season ... Nativity imagery dominated Renaissance art. This first living Nativity scene – which was famously depicted by Italian Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone ...

A nativity scene is a prominent Christian tradition utilizing art, decor, and sometimes even ... Evey half hour the story of Christmas was read to the audience. Inside the church walls were ...

By Cliff Johnson At first the stable was empty. Then came lights and trees and straw and snow. Then the characters in the nativity scene at St. Nicholas Church in Carver began arriving, two at ...

the tour group moved out of the barn and walked toward the Christmas lights, campfires and carols being sung by those still waiting for their tours to begin. The live Nativity is a lot of work ...