manger scene
Christmas stable tableau
A manger scene is a nativity display depicting the birth of Jesus Christ—typically showing the infant in a feeding trough, attended by Mary, Joseph, shepherds, animals, and often the three wise men.
Churches and homes display manger scenes during the Christmas season: They set up the manger scene on the front lawn.
- nativityState of being born
- baby JesusNewborn in the manger
- shepherdsThose who tend flocks
- three wise menTrio of learned counselors
- MagiEastern priests, biblical visitors
crib · star · starry night · stable · Bethlehem · angel · Christmas Eve · hay · swaddling clothes · Holy Family · wood carving · straw · ox · donkey · lamb · Magnificat · Emmanuel · folk theater
- ChristmasChristmas tree, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas ornaments, Santa
- holiday artEaster eggs, haunted house, gingerbread man, cornucopia, star of Bethlehem
- holiday decorornaments, garland, wreaths, ornament hooks, garlands
- nativitynativity set, baby Jesus, Christ child, Bethlehem, Mary
- Christmas Worshipmidnight mass, nativity, Christmas Eve service, Christmas carols, candlelight service
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
religious vs. secular Christmas imagery
manger sceneChristmas tree
Decorated seasonal evergreen display
birth/beginning vs. death/ending imagery
manger scenecrucifix
Cross with Christ figure
crucifixion scene · Pietà · Stations of the Cross · Last Supper