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The Origin of Nativity Scenes December 23, 2019 Gene Veith A fixture of Christmas decor is the nativity scene, the depictions of Mary, Joseph, and the Baby Jesus, plus shepherds, Wise Men, and a small menagerie of animals.  These can be live portrayals with actual human beings and animals, or elaborate statues, or two-dimensional cut-outs, or little figurines.  Have you ever wondered where nativity scenes and the customs of displaying them come from? She says that nativity scenes were the invention of St. Francis of Assisi.  In 1223, she says, the populist friar petitioned Pope Honorious III to allow him to do something “for the kindling of devotion” to the birth of Christ.  He set up a manger, put hay in it, got a live ox and an ass, and then put a doll in the manger to represent the Christ child.

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