The Explorers' Club, № DXC

Christmas 1223 at Greccio, Italy: The mendicant preacher Francesco of Assisi, later canonized by the Catholic Church, invented the Nativity scene (A.K.A. a manger scene or a crèche), based on his then-recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he had seen the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem; that first Nativity scene was a kind of theatrical play, featuring live actors & animals.

Merry Christmas! Joy to the world!