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Controversial Baby Jesus Stolen From Nativity Scene

Nativity figures in Brussels Christmas market have no eyes, noses, or mouths

(Newser) - Belgian authorities are mystified over the brazen weekend theft of an infant Jesus from a Christmas Nativity scene that had been widely scorned online, the AP reports. Snatched from his crib on the Grand Place in historic old Brussels between late Friday night or early Saturday, this version of infant...

Baby Jesus Thief: 'I Made a Dumb Mistake'

Figurine was stolen from Nativity scene last week

(Newser) - A baby Jesus figurine snatched from a Nativity scene in Colorado has been returned in time for Christmas, with an apology. The AP reports the statuette of Jesus lying in a manger, stolen from a public display in downtown Fort Collins early Sunday, was dropped off anonymously at a fire...

Solved: Missing Head of Baby Jesus Is Back

And that means curtains for the odd 'demonic hedgehog' head that replaced it

(Newser) - The caper of the missing baby Jesus head has been solved. A woman who snatched the head from the statue in a churchyard in Canada returned it after the story became international news, the CBC reports. That happened after a local artist sculpted a new noggin in red terra cotta...

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