The Creche: pious fable or 18th century marketing ploy?
by Sandra Miesel
Eager to make the gospel story of the nativity vivid, St. Francis built an outdoor tableau at Greccio in 1223. He filled a real manger with straw, and installed a life-sized figure of the Christ-chil…
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