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The book has never been reprinted following its initial print run, as a result of religious censorship. In line with its Christmas theme the book contained several pieces based on the Christian nativity story, including: The Gospel According to a Sheep by Richard Curtis with additions by Douglas Adams. This tells the story of the nativity night ...
"Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow" is a song telling the story of Christmas morning, describing a "star in the East" that will lead to the birthplace of Christ. The title derives from a lyric repeated throughout the song. Depending on how the song is arranged and performed, it is known variously as a spiritual, hymn, carol, gospel song, or folk song.
Salome (right) and the midwife "Emea" (left), bathing the infant Jesus, is a common figure in Orthodox icons of the Nativity of Jesus; here in a 12th-century fresco from Cappadocia.
Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...
Dec. 16—The Parable Players of the First Pentecostal Church will return to the stage for this year's Christmas play — "Lucius of Bethlehem." Opening at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening and playing ...
The landscape varies, though scenes in the background of a Nativity very often show the shepherds on a steep hill, making visual sense of their placement above the main Nativity scene. The number of shepherds shown varies also, [18] though three is typical in the West; one or more dogs may be included, as in the Taddeo Gaddi (right, with red ...
The 32-page children's picture book was written by Susan Wojciechowski, illustrated by P. J. Lynch, and published by Walker Books in 1995 (ISBN 978-0-7445-4007-9).One newspaper called it "the story of a gloomy woodcutter who gradually recovers his ability to find joy in life" and reported sales in the United States exceeding one million copies.
A sincere dramatic tension is obtained by the choice to place the kneeling shepherd pilgrims in the centre of the painting. The entire group of parents, child, and pilgrims form an anchored rectangle that forms a counterpoised focal point to the receding landscape on the left. A "diminutive angel [is] among the branches in the upper left". [1]