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a small manger with the baby Jesus and his family, shepherds, the three wise men believed to have visited Jesus after his birth and several barnyard animals. One might ask, what are the origins of ...

Our sketch of the Nativity scene is in no way definitive, but it represents a best guess at what might have been around. The practice of castrating male farm animals was also well-established 4000 ...

Paintings and songs about the Nativity often show farm animals crowded around the manger. “Why lies he in such mean estate,” we sing, “Where ox and ass are feeding?” It’s possible he ...

being laid in a manger where animals feed: "Laid in a manger, he became our food." "Setting up the Christmas crèche in our homes helps us to relive the history of what took place in Bethlehem ...