Christmas pageants

Church pageants go virtual amid a COVID-19 Christmas

By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 9, 2020
(RNS) — With kids and the internet involved, virtual pageants, it turns out, are just as delightfully unpredictable as more traditional performances at churches.

Beatles music, Christmas story come together at suburban Chicago church

By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 17, 2019
NAPERVILLE, Illinois (RNS) — 'Let It Be Christmas: The Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, George and Ringo' sets the story of Jesus’ birth, which Christians celebrate at Christmas, to the music of the Beatles.

Homeowner wins legal fight over nativity with 200,000 Christmas lights and a camel

By Bob Smietana — December 24, 2018
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — A federal court recently ruled in favor of Jeremy and Kristy Morris, whose live nativity at their home attracts hundreds of spectators.

A new Christmas pageant shows off the fierce side of Mary

By Bob Smietana — December 19, 2018
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — A new Christmas pageant at a church in Spokane skips the camels and wise men and focuses on the Magnificat—a biblical song from Mary that challenges the status quo.
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