nativity

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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

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

Ms Hooper, who has taught at Cokethorpe for 24 years, said Pugh performed the nativity in a Yorkshire accent: "I'm not sure where that came from at the time, but she was just brilliant."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 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

Then he read the purported year of the bottle’s nativity and softly repeated his first words.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck