The tradition of the Nativity. Brought about by St. Francis of Assisi in 1200 because he felt the celebration of Jesus birth was being lost in the tradition of gift giving. So he decided to recreate the live birth of Jesus Christ in what we known now as a Nativity. We too want to use this month to reclaim Christmas as the celebration of Jesus. He wanted the nativity to represent simplicity, poverty and humility. Many of our traditions we hold today came about in history as ways of pointing people back to Christ and why He came. Each week we will take a look at various traditions and retell the old story of long ago.
