nativity
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“Tike” Miller, the Illinois inventor of the Mold-A-Rama, was inspired by a broken figurine in his nativity scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
Many children find themselves singing at school in the run up to Christmas - at a nativity play or carol concert, often with parents watching proudly on.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 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
The surge in carol composition around this time, notably in northern Europe, was partly inspired by an earlier Italian tradition of tuneful sacred songs welcoming the Christ-child’s nativity.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Under it, principals who choose not to put on nativities could be fined.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
In addition, keep an eye out for 300 nativities at the West Richland Christmas Nativity Showcase and an impressive number of holiday bazaars across Pasco, Richland and Kennewick.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Garabedian assumes the fatherly supporting role of St. Joseph, the carpenter, shown in the background building a domestic shelter reminiscent of those in Renaissance nativities by Giotto or Botticelli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Other nativities gone wrong include the Tennessee play that saw a girl dressed as a sheep kidnap baby Jesus.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2017
It is almost unnecessary to observe that this and the following are notes of nativities.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by John Dee
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