Follow the Star: A 2024 Advent Calendar

For many centuries the story of the birth of Jesus Christ has been depicted through the creative lens of artists from a wide variety of spiritual, intellectual, and cultural backgrounds. Every day, from December 1 through December 25, a new Nativity scene from Glencairn’s 2024 World Nativities exhibition will appear in our online Advent calendar (below). Original settings for many of the Nativities have been created by Bryn Athyn artist Kathleen Glenn Pitcairn. Follow Glencairn’s social media (Facebook, Instagram) to receive each day’s Nativity in your newsfeed. For information about how to visit this year’s exhibition and see these Nativities in person, click here.

In addition, we also offer on our website “Do You See What I See: Imagery in Nativity Scenes,” our online resource about the history and iconography of the Nativity tradition.