Christmas Eve in Bethlehem is quiet this year - no giant tree at the Church of the Nativity, no carols in Manger Square ... Jesus, Mary and Joseph huddle in the midst of destruction.

2018 Photos of the display show a statue of Joseph looking down on a statue of Mary, holding baby Jesus. It is similar to a manger scene, except the family is surround by a small chain link fence.

In keeping with its spiritual leanings and activist traditions, this was no tender Christ-child-in-the-manger tableau. Instead, Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus had been separated and locked up in ...

The new display on the grounds of Claremont United Methodist Church shows the Biblical family standing in individual cages — Joseph and Mary on each side of baby Jesus in the manger — and was ...

By the time Joseph and Mary arrive, the only room available is a corner in the open stall area among the livestock, where a manger stands. Still, this is within the family compound, and inside they ...

As the Christmas season approaches, the image of Jesus’ birth in the manger — complete with Mary and Joseph kneeling over the infant, the three wise men, an angel and the animals looking on ...

instead of a manger, there are three large cages. Baby Jesus is in one cage, swaddled in a foil blanket. The Virgin Mary is in another, with her arms outstretched toward her caged child. Joseph is ...

In the modern version, a Mary - dressed in an off-the-shoulder-top, black leggings, sneakers and holding a cup of coffee - poses duck-lipped for a selfie next to a khaki-clad Joseph. The stable is ...

A California church is displaying a nativity scene depicting Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees in cages to draw attention to the conditions faced by migrants seeking asylum in the United States.

“They found Jesus, Mary, and Joseph at the end of Furnace Avenue,” said Captain John Dougan, Quincy police spokesman. “They found all of them except for the lamb. That is still on the lam.