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nativity

[nuh-tiv-i-tee, ney-] / nəˈtɪv ɪ ti, neɪ- /








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The question, as usual, is whether people are too busy celebrating the story of the nativity to make room at the inn.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

Such is the strength of feeling that a church near Boston has used its Christmas nativity scene to make the point that Jesus was a refugee.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Geyer, who identifies as a practising Catholic, insisted that the idea of breaking with tradition was "far from our minds" when fashioning the nativity.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Instead of having a candy-filled calendar, some Latino families will create an extended nativity scene at the beginning of Advent with the wise men placed far away in the room, González-Andrieu said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2024

How could you when you’d both played sheep in the same nativity play, aged five?

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness




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