Olafur Eliasson is a globally renowned artist who uses elements of the natural world to make us see that world in new ways.

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It was during the time that I lived in Jerusalem, seven years ago now, that I first read about Milk Street in Bethlehem as ...

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and laid him in a manger... (Luke 2:7) The mother, a man, and the child represent the central figures in the story. The baby lies in a cradle made from hay ...

A primary school in Brighton said its nativity celebrations this year could be its last due to a consultation on whether it will close down. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Davey Drive ...

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WOBURN - It's a doggone miracle: A dog trainer in Massachusetts managed to create the perfect "dog nativity scene" that's bringing a smile to pet lovers on social media this holiday season.

The island nation is well on its way to establishing itself as the main art hub in the Indo-Pacific region, thanks in part to the fair. ART SG returns to the Sands Expo and Convention Centre this ...

But it's the Spanish region of Catalonia that has perhaps one of the weirder Christmas traditions - and it has to do with a unique aspect added to their nativity scenes. The Catalan region ...

"And one of them is Black!" announces the boy Amahl, gravely. The "Nativity" story is what the holiday of Christmas is all about. But the story itself is a bit of a "Rashomon." Matthew and Luke ...

In the shadow of the Dublin city riots, the harnessing of the cruellest words of the nativity story by a mainstream ... US friends with their state-of-the-art arms and air defences.