The manger scene has a special place near the Christmas tree or in another place where family members can reflect and pray during the Christmas season. It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or ...

A Christmas tree is secular, as is a picture of Santa, and a menorah. In contrast, a manger, cross or Star of ... I would be worried that if you start representing certain religions' symbols ...

Start the day smarter ... the stable, the manger, the shepherds, the angels. For many at the brick church, it's not Christmas without it. "Honestly, this is what starts Christmas for me ...

By Cliff Johnson At first the stable was empty. Then came lights and trees and straw and snow. Then the characters in the nativity scene at St. Nicholas Church in Carver began arriving, two at ...

Pope Francis had come to thank those who had donated the chapel’s Christmas tree and the carved ... one thing stood out: the manger on which lay the figure of the baby was covered with a ...