I happened to go out last night and I was able to see various decorations depicting Christmas. Its mostly lights and more lights. Christmas trees are always there and Santa too. But what caught most of my attention is the nativity scene, whenever you go around the streets or inside the malls, this one bit of Christmas scenery is always present. So I did a a little research about it and here it goes...
A nativity scene may be used to describe any depiction of the Nativity of Jesus in art, but in the sense covered here, also called a crib or manger in the UK and crèche in France (meaning "crib" or "manger" in French), it means a three-dimensional commercial or folk art depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus, either sculpted or using two-dimensional (cut-out) figures arranged in a three-dimensional setting. At Christmas time these arrangements are created and displayed in Catholic and Protestant homes, churches and parks. For the Christmas season, two nativity scenes are put on display at the Vatican. The first is put inside the Vatican Basilica. The second, placed in the Piazza San Pietro before the Christmas Tree, was made by Saint Vincent Pallotti. ( Wikipedia)
Here in the Philippines we call this nativity scene as "Belen" from the Spaniards' influence....
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