For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, marking what organizers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment.

A Tama County church is striking back with its new Nativity scene this year, and an eastern Iowa atheist says the church is taking it too far. The town of Toledo has at least two Nativity scenes ...

For the first time since 2012, the Nativity scene sits on a dark wood table in the Parker’s home this season: 11 of the pieces are still wrapped in white with Emilie’s handwriting scrawled ...

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A church in Southern California is sparking a national conversation after revealing a nativity scene tied to a major political issue. St. Susanna’s Rev. Steve Josoma said the Massachusetts ...

Dear Amy, My neighbor has at least ten inflatable holiday decorations in their yard at any given time, regardless of the ...

Martha Stewart told Jimmy Fallon she made her prison nativity scene at a "lovely federal camp" on The Tonight Show Thursday Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

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 ...

God of every nation and people, from the very beginning of creation you have made known your love: when our need for a Savior was great you sent your Son to be born of the Virgin Mary. To our ...

In Advent of last year, a Nativity scene at the Vatican briefly showed the baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh, along with the spurious declaration that “Jesus was Palestinian.” ...

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