On quiet nights during the Christmas season, Ed O’Malley enjoys visiting the Nativity scene he helps set up every year in an Arlington Heights park. He’ll check whether the wind has blown over ...

Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with ... Jesus after his birth and several barnyard animals. One might ask, what are the origins ...

“When I bought it I was like, ‘We should use the barn for a live Nativity scene.’ Then I started collecting animals and friends started participating.” ...

But unlike most Nativity scenes, this one is far from passive ... But it’s perhaps wiser to use your precious resources to pay the tax collector. Those caught not having paid their taxes ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A nativity scene on public property is again stirring anger in an eastern Iowa town. This time, that anger is directed mostly at an out-of-town atheist group who are ...

To set a vision of the Christ Child among animals ... scene toward that arresting experience that Francis hosted. I find myself longing to see the nativity with fresh eyes, the familiar made strange.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Samuel "Sam" Butcher, the artist and creator of the iconic collectibles company Precious Moments, has died. He was 85 years old. The company said in a Facebook post that he died ...

Samuel Butcher, the founder and designer of the collectible "Precious Moments" porcelain figurines, died at the age of 85 on Monday, the company announced in a statement. In a post shared to ...

It's time to check those Precious Moments figurine collections because they may be more "precious" than you think. The collectible figurines made popular by a Christian giftware company could be ...

But the little statues had staying power. Precious Moments are still around, and figurines old and new are adorable. Each scene tells a story, making them great to put on display. The company ...

THE ANIMALS CAME ONE BY ONE ... There are 10 pieces in the Nativity scene, and the goal is to bring a message of hope. Visitors are welcome to see the Nativity at the church between 7 a.m ...