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Who invented the crib of Jesus and nativity scene?

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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My Irish grandmother used to usher myself and my sister into her room at Christmas to show off her nativity set. There was the crib of Jesus centre stage, Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, three kings and a couple of…

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Category: Templar History Tags: animals, assisi, bethlehem, christ, Christmas, crib, donkey, first, francis, Greccio, Herod, history, israel, italy, jerusalem, jesus, king, Magi, Medieval, nativity, oxen, scene, shepherd, star

Does the Nativity story make any sense?

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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Tony McMahon investigates the inconsistencies in the Nativity Story that forms the basis of our traditional Christmas narrative

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Category: Templar History Tags: birth, christ, christianity, donkey, Early Christianity, flock, Gabriel, God the Father, HolySpirit, Jesu, kings, Magi, Mary, Nativity story, oxen, shepherds, Theotokos