THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

24 December 1223 The first known Nativity scene is created The first known Nativity scene was put together 801 years ago in a cave in Greccio, Italy. St Francis of Assisi, an Italian friar (a kind of Catholic priest), organised a service on Christmas Eve that included a re-enactment – featuring a manger, hay and two live animals, an ox and donkey – of the story of the birth of Jesus. The Nativity scene became a tradition in Greccio, with characters played by people from the village, and then spread to the rest of the world.…

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