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Is the traditional Nativity Crib still popular?

As we become more secular, do Irish families still put out a nativity scene and a crib with Baby ...

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10.15 8 Dec 2021


Is the traditional Nativity Crib still popular?


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10.15 8 Dec 2021


As we become more secular, do Irish families still put out a nativity scene and a crib with Baby Jesus arriving on Christmas eve? Or is this another dying tradition? Henry McKean visited a church, a school and religious retailer Veritas who sell cribs from €5 to life size ones for €3,000. With contributions from Fr Joe McDonald in Kildare, Veritas.ie and O'Connell Boys School Dublin 1.

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