At five years of age, my most precious possession had become a little plastic Nativity scene. As that five-year-old, when the police and movers came to evict us yet again, I was found hiding in a ...

At the Church of the Nativity, three rival Christian groups use their caretaking duties to maintain their claims to the basiilica. Remi Benali / Corbis Feuding monks at the Church of the Nativity ...

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One of the things we put up as part of our Christmas decorations is a Nativity scene that we sewed together a couple of years ago. It has all the normal characters including the wise men (which we put ...