A baby Jesus statue officials said had been reported stolen from a Nativity scene in Hauppauge has been returned to the manger, according to Suffolk County police. Officials asked last week for the ...

A Baby Jesus statue kidnapped outside a Long Island government building has been returned, police said. “The Baby Jesus statue that was reported stolen from a Nativity scene … has been returned,” ...

Collider's Steve Weintraub talks with Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Ann Lee. Seyfriend discusses her intense prep work for the 34-day shoot and breaks down one of the most challenging sequences ...

Every year, millions of people sing the beautiful carol Silent Night, with its line “all is calm, all is bright.” We all know the Christmas story is one in which peace and joy are proclaimed, and this ...

Christmas is here and Christians across the world are celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. However, you may be wondering how the holiday exactly came to be. With no confirmation of Jesus ...

The following passage is from the Bible, Luke 2:1-20, NIV. In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took ...

A file photo shows people visiting the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square after Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Every year we take out the nativity. We arrange it ...

We examine a Quora user who thinks movie birth scenes are real and cringe collectively. Trump proposes new monument near Lincoln Memorial An American dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska ...

The exact date of Jesus's birth is unknown, though it is estimated to have been in the spring between 6 and 4 B.C. Christians began celebrating Christmas on December 25 in the 4th century, possibly to ...

Ancient scribes often calculated Christ’s birth as falling in early spring. "A Roman Feast (Saturnalia)" by Roberto Bompiani, currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The ancient empire had ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger — an animal feeding bin — ...