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# nativity scene

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2022

How accurate are our Christmas cribs?

Is it problematic to depict the Holy Family as being white, and why do some Spanish cribs have a defecating figurine?

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Dec 24th 2022, 6:30 AM

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'Our nativity donkey was literally squashed by an overweight man'

A man has been charged following the animal’s death.

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Dec 18th 2014, 10:06 AM

Photos: The world's biggest nativity scene happened this week

One thousand people, some wise men, a donkey and a camel…

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Dec 6th 2014, 5:00 PM