Five pieces of wood in a silver-and-gold container at a basilica in Rome may be the remains of the manger Jesus was laid on when he was born.

No crib for His bed. The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head”. Each year when placing the figures of the Nativity under the Christmas tree or on a table top those words echo in my head as the ...

Editor’s note: Columnist Bill Mego wrote for the Naperville Sun from 1988 until his death in 2017. Today, in honor of the holiday and of Bill, we reprise one of his Christmas columns published in 2016 ...

Christmas is here.Of the usual sights that adorn the landscape during the season, spectacular cribs that depict the birth of Jesus Christ stand out.Both churches and houses in Madurai have set up ...

It’s unfortunate that the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree has far surpassed the practice of laying out a crib for the babe in manger. Which is surprising because the very point of celebrating ...

Alaska and around the world are preparing both little manger cribs and their eternal souls for the coming of Christ — one straw of hay and one prayer at a time. Advent, meaning “to come to” in Latin, ...

Mumbai: Each Christmas, the city's churches, homes, and gaothan squares are temporarily sublet to the Holy Family. Depending ...

Schoolchildren raised funds for a concrete Nativity scene in 1944 The city-owned manger was originally displayed in front of the City Hall and Stearns courthouse With push for separation of church and ...