BEYAAN DE NATIVITY (Beyond the Nativity)

By A. A. Fenty On In Stabroek Weekend |
The baby, JESUS, was born in a manger, a facility, a pen wheh livestock would feed and dwell (Image: The Nativity by Gustave Dore)
The baby, JESUS, was born in a manger, a facility, a pen wheh livestock would feed and dwell (Image: The Nativity by Gustave Dore)

Dis is the bess time of the year to find out: what is dis “Nativity”?

Well juss as dis is being rendered in creolese not consistent with the UG version and spelling, yuh can be general and specific ‘bout de NATIVITY.

Simply put the Nativity refers to the whole story of the Divine Birth of the Christ Child. Christians hold that that child Jesus was the “Son” or incarnation of God on Earth, God Amongst Us (Emmanuel). From “Nativus” – risen by birth, the Nativity is the basic Christian reenactment of the Baby Jesus’ Birth and all the elements therefrom. But what and what mek up those elements?