Except for a lone cow, the stable stands empty in the Nativity scene at Grace Episcopal Church in the Fauquier County town of The Plains. The creche is unlike those commonly seen in churches and front ...

GAYLORDSVILLE -- Christmas, even in our fast-paced contemporary times, evokes a feeling of tradition, and since the art form's golden age in the 18th century, the Neapolitan crèche has been such a ...

NEW HAVEN >> Many arts-and-crafts folks can fashion a Christian Nativity set to reflect the reason for the season — some quite attractively, but it takes Neapolitans to elevate it to mind-blowing ...

A new book from Singing River Publications Inc. calls attention to the 18th century Neapolitan creche at the Geneva History Center. "Back to the Manger: A Treasure Hunt for the Nativity" tells the ...

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On Monday, Dec. 1, a little bit of Italy comes to New Haven in the form of an 800-year-old folk tradition of crafting Nativity scenes for home and public display. The Knights of Columbus Museum's 10th ...

Several months ago, a friend gave me a hand-carved, 18th-century terracotta creche figure of a boy. While its costume is somewhat shredded, the piece's original hand-painted face and figured fingers ...

If there’s ever a time of year to drop by the Cathedral Museum, it would be now. You know, with Christmas just around bend and the incredibly awesome detailed 300-year-old Baroque Neapolitan crèche on ...

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Since 1957, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has put on its annual Christmas display with a crèche of 18th-century Neapolitan figures from one family collection. Combining traditions from ...

You can bet most tourists (and some persuaded New Yorkers) will be gawking at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree this holiday season, but the tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has always been ...