Several months ago, a friend gave me a hand-carved, 18th-century terracotta creche figure of a boy. While its costume is somewhat shredded, the piece's original hand-painted face and figured fingers ...

“It’s hope,” said Brenda Iversen as she looked at the new St. Thomas crèche. A gift of hope, from the Iversen family to our community. This blue-eyed Baby Jesus will make his public debut on Christmas ...

The crèche on the Dennis Village Town Green has been a tradition enjoyed by several generations of townspeople and Christmas visitors for many years. Long before the current “Living Crèche,” the ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — In 1223, St. Francis of Assisi decided to celebrate the birth of Jesus in a new way by recreating the Nativity in the Italian town of Greccio. According to his biographer, Thomas de ...

Since 1957, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has put on its annual Christmas display with a crèche of 18th-century Neapolitan figures from one family collection. Combining traditions from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEXICO CITY (AP) — An enormous statue of the Baby Jesus created by a church in rural Mexico has launched a series of internet ...