Learn how to build a beautiful DIY nativity scene stable using a Kreg pocket hole jig. This step-by-step guide shows how to ...

After the Thanksgiving rush subsides, as the cold air settles outside and the fire glows within the hearth, I observe a shift from Thanksgiving’s abundance to Advent’s simplicity. This transition ...

I enjoy nativity scenes. Some are outside churches and help the community remember what Christmas is about. Some are homemade wooden silhouettes. Others are indoors on tables or small stands.

Composite image by author. Photos from Unsplash. “Mommmm! I can’t find Baby Jesus!” Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, a tiny wooden baby is swaddled in bubble wrap. The figure has no facial ...

The traditional Nativity figures of Mary, Joseph, and the child Jesus will be inside one of the fishermen’s huts, called a 'casone.' Andrea de Walderstein (left) and Antonio Boemo are spearheading the ...

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 a ...