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
McNish, who lives in Cambridge with her 16-year-old daughter, first heard the word aged five, performing in her school nativity.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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
A baby Jesus has been stolen from a Christmas nativity scene in Brussels which sparked an online furore over its faceless depictions of Christianity's holy family.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
The last time it was as full as tonight was on the Christmas nativity play night when I'd been a Scruffy Urchin of Bethlehem.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Under it, principals who choose not to put on nativities could be fined.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 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
FRI-SUN Exhibit of 500 ethnic and traditional nativities from 109 different countries and territories around the world; 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2016
The other, forward gazing, sees The glory of the age to come, The fruitfulness of martyrdom, Of deaths that are nativities.
From A Christmas Faggot by Alfred Gurney
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