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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crib
		The crib or manger in which the Infant Saviour was laid after his birth is properly that place in the stable or khan where food for domestic animals is put, formed probably of the same material out of which the grotto itself is hewn.
		Be this as it may, what pertains to the crib we may consider in the present article under three separate headings: (I) The Basilica of the Nativity and the Grotto of the Nativity at Bethlehem; (II) The relics of the crib preserved at St. Mary Major's in Rome; (III) Devotion to the crib.
		In this crib the famous Santo Bambino di Ara Coeli is exposed from the eve of Christmas to the feast of the Epiphany.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04488c.htm (1136 words)

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		Christmas is the birthday of an era, the inauguration of a culture, the beginning of a creed, the fountainhead of man's hope.
		Christmas soon became a feast of such great importance that from the fifth to the tenth century it marked the beginning of the ecclesiastical year.
		In Germany the Christmas candle used to be placed on top of a wooden pole decorated with evergreens (Lichtstock), or sometimes many smaller candles were distributed on the shelves of a wooden structure made in the form of a pyramid, adorned with fir twigs or laurel, draped with glittering tinsel (Weihnachtspyramide).
	library.catholic.org /family/family121.txt (20118 words)

	Christmas in Umbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The crib scene originated in Assisi with St. Francis who was the first to create a "living manger scene"....
		Christmas cribs are made with great care in the churches and sanctuaries and the local populace (including the classes of the local schools) make cribs in every imaginable artistic medium (terracotta, maiolica, olive wood, blown glass, stained glass wrought iron, copper), participating in a crib scene competition.
		The location and setting of these cribs are often surprising and they are moving in their simplicity.
	www.annesitaly.com /Insights/christmas.html (414 words)

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		A Crib may be very simple with all attention focussed on the central figures; or it may be very elaborate, and that too is justified because the whole world has to be gathered round the manger.
		The Crib in Renaissance Art TOWARD the end of the thirteenth century Arnolfo di Cambio was entrusted with the restoration of the Praesepe chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore, and at that time the body of St. Jerome was translated from' Bethlehem to the celebrated chapel in Rome.
		An unfailing characteristic of all Roman Cribs is the presence of a "glory" of angels descending from heaven to earth.
	www.ewtn.com /library/FAMILY/CMSCRB.TXT (12205 words)

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		Christmas cards which begin to arrive at this time can be used as effective and colorful decorations, symbols of the love that binds us to relatives and friends in a special way at this time of year.
		Christmas is the ideal time to introduce the traditional dishes of other lands, especially those foods which are linked with the religious significance of the feast.
		CHRISTMAS EVE PRAYERS "While all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, Your almighty Word, O Lord, came down from heaven from Your Royal Throne" (Introit for Sunday within the Octave of Christmas).
	www.ewtn.com /library/FAMILY/12DAYXMA.TXT (19612 words)

	The Creche and Christmas Crib
		The origin of the Christmas Crib (or Manger or Nativity scene - or French, crêche; Italian presepio; German krippe; Spanish, nacimiento) is often first ascribed to Saint Francis of Assisi, who in 1223 celebrated the Feast of the Nativity in a new way that led to a new devotional practice.
		An important part of the early Christmas ritual was the celebration of Mass over a "manger" in which the consecrated host was laid, just as the body of the Holy Child had lain in the manger at Bethlehem.
		Another custom that evolved from the Christmas Crib is the Preparation for the Manger--a practice of having children prepare a soft bedding for the manger.
	www.wf-f.org /Creche.html (988 words)

	Internet Padre: Christmas Traditions
		Christmas Eve is an appropriate time for the exchange of gifts, after the Christ-Child has been placed in the manger, and the special prayers before the crib--and a round of Christmas carols- -are over.
		In some homes Christmas carols are never heard until the Eve of the feast--instead, the poignant Advent music which seems to convey the spirit of the season in its melodies is sung until the vigil day.
		Throughout the days after Christmas the crib has remained set up in the parish Church--or in the family living room, or meeting place of the apostolic group--to center the thoughts of all on the humble birth of the Child at Bethlehem.
	internetpadre.com /Christmas/xmastraditions.html (7640 words)

	Christmas Traditions on Christmas on the Net - Santaland.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Christmas was originally in pagan times the festival of End of Darkness, the shortest day of the year, after which comes Spring and and then Summer.
		Public outdoors Christmas trees with electric candles were introduced in Finland in 1906, and in USA (New York) in 1912.
		As with all Christmas customs, local or global, the origins are forgotten and everything is intertwined with the modern folklore, Disney (whose seven dwarves bear marked resemblance to Christmas gnomes) and all...
	www.santaland.com /tradit.html (2979 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : December 25, 2004 : Christmas
		Christmas time begins on December 24 with the first Vespers of the feast and ends on the feast of the Baptism of Christ.
		The Christmas tree, of which the first-known mention was made in 1605 at Strasbourg, was introduced into France and England in 1840.
		Though not entirely unknown before, the custom of the Christmas Crib was adopted by St. Francis of Assisi at Greccio, Italy, on Christmas 1225.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2004-12-25 (573 words)

	NERONE-The Insider Guide:CHRISTMAS CRIB AND EPIPHANY
		The tradition of the Christmas crib (presepe or presepio) is thought to have originated in 1223 when Saint Francis set up a representation of the Nativity of Jesus in the small town of Greccio, in the hills above Rieti.
		These Neapolitan cribs have become famous for the accuracy of their details of everyday life and for the variety of characters that crowd the scene.
		There are mechanical cribs and cribs made from a large variety of raw materials such as bread, coffee, soap, wood, nails, stones, straw, coral, newspaper, mother-of-pearl, etc.,...
	www.nerone.cc /nerone/archivio/arch54.htm (1109 words)

	The Christmas Crib
		It was, and still is, a custom in Catholic sections to have a Christmas crib in the home on the Feast of the Nativity.
		On Christmas Eve, or on the morning of the great day, parents and children gather before the crib, one of the other children reads the Gospel of Bethlehem.
		The crib was made ready, hay was brought, the ox and ass were led to the spot.
	internetpadre.com /Christmas/christmascrib.html (633 words)

	Father McEvoy's Christmas Crib (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There's a Christmas tree next to the pulpit, and hanging it around, 37 small coloured light bulbs.
		Does our heavenly Father have a sense of humour I had not suspected?" (The baby clutches at the weather-beaten finger extended to it, sucks it, before its face begins to pucker with the realisation that no milk will be expressed by this dry teat.) "Or has another father reached the edge of despair?" he muses.
		Instead, he appears to gather the light from the Christmas tree around him like a cloak, and his voice draws a picture that has the universe holding its breath.
	www.dramatix.org /Christmas/Mcevoy.html (1123 words)

	st. francis and the crib \| advent to epiphany: celebrating the christmas cycle
		Christmas plays, imitating those of Easter, probably grew up in the 11th century.
		Except for the crib (the ‘putz’) of the pietist Moravians, manger-building was not originally adopted by Protestants.
		Pre-Reformation England had had its own crib custom, that of baking the Christmas mince pie in an oblong manger shape to cradle an image of the Child.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/Christmas/Crib.asp (1347 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : Christmas Crib (Activity)
		As people gathered around to see what he was doing, he told them how Jesus had been born in a simple stable and how angels had appeared to shepherds telling them to go and find for themselves the Messiah who had been born.
		The idea gradually caught on and now the Christmas Crib (also called a creche or Nativity scene) is a universal part of the celebrations.
		When St. Francis set up the first Christmas Crib he wanted to convey the wonder and excitement of how God came to us as a tiny baby.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/activities/view.cfm?id=888 (321 words)

	AllRefer.com - crEche (Christianity, General) - Encyclopedia
		crEche[kresh, krAsh] Pronunciation Key, representation of the Infant Jesus in the manger, usually surrounded by figures of Mary, Joseph, shepherds, animals, and the Wise Men; also called Christmas Crib.
		The crEche has been displayed in churches during the period from Christmas Eve to Jan. 6 since the Middle Ages, especially after St. Francis of Assisi instituted the custom in 1223 at GrEccio, Italy.
		It is a Christmas tradition in many homes.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/creche.html (174 words)

	Christmas Eve - Tree & Crib Prayers
		When the Christmas Tree is decorated, just before the lights are turned on for the first time on Christmas Eve, the tree may be sprinkled with Holy Water as the following prayer is said.
		A Blessing prayer for Christmas Eve or Christmas morning, when the Christ Child is placed in the manger.
		The Crib may be sprinkled with Holy Water as the following blessing is said.
	www.wf-f.org /TreeCribPr.html (319 words)

	Franciscan Friars T.O.R. - Christmas Crib (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There simplicity was honored, poverty was exalted, humility was commended, and Greccio was made, as it were, a new Bethlehem."
		Fresco of the first crib by Giotto and assistants
		Francis´ highest intention, his chief desire, his uppermost purpose was to observe the holy Gospel in all things and through all things and, with perfect vigilance, with all zeal, with all the longing of his mind and all the fervor of his
	www.franciscanfriarstor.com /stfrancis/stf_francis_christmas_crib.htm (847 words)

	Christmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		Description: Display illustrates the Christmas story with over 450 wood-carved figures wearing oriental costumes in a realistic reproduction of the environs of Bethlehem.
		The largest Christmas crib in the world with more than 450 woodcraft figures in a naturalistic reproduction of the environs of Bethlehem
	ranoc.com /Christmas.htm (961 words)

	St Francis of Assisi
		Clare stayed provisionally with some Benedictine nuns near Assisi, until Francis could provide a suitable retreat for her, and for St. Agnes, her sister, and the other pious maidens who had joined her.
		It was during Christmastide of this year (1223) that the saint conceived the idea of celebrating the Nativity "in a new manner", by reproducing in a church at Greccio the praesepio of Bethlehem, and he has thus come to be regarded as having inaugurated the population devotion of the Crib.
		Christmas appears indeed to have been the favourite feast of Francis, and he wished to persuade the emperor to make a special law that men should then provide well for the birds and the beasts, as well as for the poor, so that all might have occasion to rejoice in the Lord.
	www.wf-f.org /StFrancisAssisi.html (2468 words)

	Christmas - about Christmas
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		As a world-premier event in Geneva, the Christmas Tree Festival offers an original show in the cityand#146;s most symbolic locations.
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	artmam.net /Christmas.htm (593 words)

	A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS CRIB
		Build a fence about the crib of your heart by
		Bring a supply of food to the crib.
		Christchild, and at the Crib, from Christmas to
	www.angelfire.com /my/prayers/christmascrib.html (488 words)

	Christmas Crib tells the history of.... - Canon Digital Photography Forums
		A newspaper whants a photo from our Christmas Crib at our Gouverment.
		When i see the crib i whas thinking - thats not only for one shot...
		Thanks Howie and Marie, i wish you also a verry wonderful Christmas season.
	photography-on-the.net /forum/showthread.php?t=21632 (212 words)

	The Mary Page: Meditations
		The Nativity (Presepio, Krippe, Crib, Pesebre, Crèche, Nacimiento)
		The Golden Glow of Christmas Past, Volume 11, Issue 4, September, 1990, pp.
		The Christmas Story told in a most unusual way with nativity scenes, poems and stories from all over the world!
	www.udayton.edu /mary/resources/crechesinter.html (2655 words)

	Saints of August 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The following year, while praying at the Christmas crib in the church of Saint Mary Maggiore, he had a mystical experience.
		Blessed Saint Jerome, whose bones lie in the crypt beneath the crib, I took from the hands of the timid Virgin who had just become a mother her tender Child, in whom the eternal Word had been made flesh."
		In 1518, Cajetan returned to Vicenza and his dying mother.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0807.htm (2469 words)

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