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nativity

[nuh-tiv-i-tee, nay-] / nəˈtɪv ɪ ti, neɪ- /








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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

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

Then he read the purported year of the bottle’s nativity and softly repeated his first words.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

Spells and enchantments, conjurations, calculations of nativities, were matters earnestly investigated at Universities and Courts.

From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax




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