My grandmother used the large window as a seasonal display for her porcelain dolls, Easter decorations and Christmas nativity scene. This room was reserved for company and special occasions.

One of the things we put up as part of our Christmas decorations is a Nativity scene that we sewed together a couple of years ago. It has all the normal characters including the wise men (which we put ...

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The great poet T S Eliot has said April is the cruellest month of the year But to this astrologer April means tremendous energy combative spirit and the sap which makes trees grow In other words April ...

Even though the New Testament does not mention the donkey at Jesus’ birth, Christian tradition naturally incorporated it into the Nativity scene. This inclusion is based on a verse from Isaiah ...

Workers clean the interior of the new Coptic Cathedral "The Nativity of Christ" before Sunday's Coptic Christmas Eve Mass in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt January 3 ...