These French noëls are a subgenre of Christmas carols that focus on the New Testament account of the Annunciation to the Shepherds ... rural contexts of the Nativity. In this new arrangement ...

The Feast of the Presentation officially closes the Christmas season, 40 days after the Nativity, so there’s still one last ...

In the run-up to Christmas ... the Magi at the stable alongside the shepherds, although the biblical account implies they arrived much later. Modern Nativity plays Today, Nativity plays are ...

Detail of the nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square ... And because the Gospels tell us that shepherds visited the new mother and baby, Christians over the centuries have also thought it natural ...

or dressed as shepherds, stars, wise men and more. We previously delved into the archive to find these lovely photos from Merseyside nativities in 1999. But as Christmas comes back around and the ...

The nativity story follows Mary and Joseph from being told they will have a baby by the angel Gabriel, through to the birth of Jesus and the visits from the shepherds and wise men. The story of ...

When their new teacher Mr. Shepherd loses his memory and forgets all about Christmas, as well as his fiancée Sophie and the whereabouts of the beloved Archie, it's up to the pupils of St ...