Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

Every year we set up a traditional manger scene near our Christmas tree. There are Mary and Joseph, a shepherd and a few sheep, three wise men and at least one camel, and the baby Jesus.

and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. The reader concludes: The gospel of the Lord. All respond: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. The figures may be placed in ...

A single verse alludes to the disquieting conditions of the Holy Nativity—Mary’s and Joseph ... for this concert. Jesus, Jesus, rest your head, You have got a manger bed.

Jesus's first visitors include humble shepherds ... songs suggested below from BBC collections (eg 'Away in a manger' or 'Mary had a baby'). Alternatively, if you do not have time to source ...

Just as the angel had said, Mary gave birth and Jesus was born. Mary laid baby Jesus in a manger which is where the animal’s food was usually kept. In the hills near Bethlehem, a group of ...

Here is a historical example. Herod was the Roman-appointed King of Judea when a baby boy named Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph in a manger. This poor couple lived in a foreign land. The child ...

On that day, the Pope had been photographed praying before Mary, Saint Joseph, and the Baby Jesus, placed on a prominent kefiah. The image immediately attracted criticism and caused shock ...