Talk:Nativity scene

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This article does make clear if all nativity scenes refer to the birth of Jesus. For example it says "usually capitalized if referring to the birth of Jesus" then in the same sentence "generally refers to any depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus" which is it? Is it ever used as not refering to Jesus's birth? 2ct7 13:42, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Nativity means the general time and place of a person's birth and early years. It was used to talk about dates, when a exact date of birth was not known for a person. It has since fallen out of common language except to talk about Jesus. I can't find any references to Capitalization vs. uncapitalized, so I'm going to delete that for now, if anyone finds any references please cite them and change it back. GWatson • ^TALK 09:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sukkot

Removed some unreferenced and POV claims, of which part is

The nativity scene is actually a corrupted interpretation of the biblical/Jewish holiday of Sukkot, or also called "festival of booths".

Anyone got any references for this? Goldfritha 04:01, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

someone might want to look at the really odd cultural reference section-misspellings and incorrect sentence structure abound, and it really looks as if some kid decided to add in an account of playing with them at home on christmas eve.

Peta-x 12:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC) hi I notice that the "crapper" is said to be a Catalan only tradition. I live the centre of the basque country, and I note that this character is in every nativity scene here too, I suggest that the tradition started in Catalonia and has been adopted in the Basque country. Perhaps as a symbol of the rebellious, separatist north of the Iberian peninsular

[edit] Nativity Scene or nativity scene?

I don't have strong views about which it should be, but I think it should be consistent. If nobody objects, I'd like to make them all the same, but I'll wait a day or two to see if people prefer capitals or small letters. ElinorD 21:08, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Nobody responded, so I went ahead and changed capitals to small. ElinorD 18:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Can we get a reference for it being called a crib in the US. I've herd nativity scene, nativity set, creche, manger scene, but never crib. Basejumper2 (talk) 22:42, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I've altered it - crib is probably the most usual name in the Uk. Johnbod (talk) 22:58, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

WAY too many pictures on this page. I think the number of pictures should be significantly reduced, it makes the text hard to concentrate on. Sobar 22:05, 18 May 2007 (UTC)