is often retold by children taking part in nativity plays. Find more teaching resources on BBC Teach Religious Studies KS1: The Christian Story of the First Christmas.

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The symbolically charged nativity scene is already turning heads in Rio de Janeiro's Gloria square, where the nearby Church of the Sacred Heart has a history of using its annual Christmas display ...

On Christmas Eve in 1223, in cave near the cliffside village of Greccio in Italy, St Francis of Assisi created what's thought to be the first nativity scene. It was staged for the local villagers ...

A school is searching for a baby to play the part of Jesus in its Christmas nativity. It has become a tradition for Brimscombe Primary School in Gloucestershire to host a 'roving nativity' in ...

VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in ...

Sculpting figurines for nativity scenes is a craft that dates back hundreds of years in the city of Naples. While some artisans want to preserve the traditional characters such as Mary ...

"These are exact replicas of a Nativity scene I made in my pottery class when ... Martha Stewart knows how to keep the Christmas spirit alive, even while serving five months in a federal penitentiary.