Sentence examples for nativity from inspiring English sources

Other than depictions of the nativity, there is no work of art that has furnished society so comprehensively with what we now think of as Christmas: the generosity of spirit, the personal rebirth through reflection, the gaucheness and sentimentality, even saying "Merry Christmas" to one another.

Take the new nativity scene at Madame Tussaud's, a waxwork museum, where the earthly parents of Jesus are displayed in the likeness of David Beckham and Posh Spice.

The governor hopes foreign tourists will follow, with plans for a "nativity trail" from Nazareth to Bethlehem to make a detour via Nablus.

Mr Adams's work, they felt, had been reduced to the music-over for an MTV nativity or for a television ad.In defence of Mr Sellars, one commentator commended the laid-back, "plug in anywhere" aspect of the spectacle.

The court once ruled that a nativity scene on city property appeared to have a "secular purpose" because it included a reindeer and Santa Claus.But divining purpose is not easy.

When he acknowledged that their "torment has gone on too long", Yasser Arafat and his lieutenants visibly glowed.Away from such earthly matters, the pope led a mass beside Bethlehem's Basilica of the Nativity.

According to this view of the establishment clause, "if you don't like the nativity display, then don't look at it.

It would be unthinkable in France, for example, to hold a nativity play in a state primary school, or for a president to be sworn in on a Bible.Over the past 30 years, in response to a growing assertiveness among the country's 5m-6m Muslims, the focus of this effort to balance religious and secular needs has shifted to Islam.

There are no religious studies (let alone nativity plays) in state schools, nor may public workers sport the headscarf.

At my local nativity play, tea-towel-headed shepherds use their staffs as light-sabres.

In Mustang, Oklahoma, the superintendent of schools, fearing a lawsuit, ordered a nativity scene to be cut from a school pageant, while references to Kwanzaa and Hanukkah remained.And so on.