Whether you're religious or not, you know what a basic Nativity scene looks like -- Joseph and Mary kneeling by the manger of the baby Jesus, surrounded by shepherds, kings, and farm animals.

I really love nativity scenes. The manger, especially, conjures feelings of warmth, coziness, safety, and love: Baby Jesus snuggled in, nurtured by mother Mary, protected by Father Joseph, and ...

Read Luke 2:6–7. IF YOU’VE EVER HAD the enjoyable (and chaotic) experience of being involved in a children’s Christmas play, you probably remember the scene at the inn.

Incidentally, manger means feed trough. But the gospel writers Matthew and Luke didn’t think Away in a Feed Trough had the poetry they were after, so manger it was.

About 2,012 years ago, a 15-year-old girl named Mary, nine months pregnant,was traveling with her husband, Joseph, from Nazareth to the city of Bethlehem. They went to register for Caesar's newly ...

Even if Roy Moore’s supporters were turning to non-canonical sources to find evidence of Joseph’s advanced age, the same source took pains to make clear they didn’t have sex.

Hipster nativity set featuring Mary and Joseph taking selfies is an internet sensation. IT’S a familiar scene — a stable, a baby in a manger and three wise men.

Three statues plundered from a nativity scene in Quincy Center sometime overnight Wednesday were discovered undamaged early Friday by a construction crew, and were returned to the manger Friday ...