What Is Nativity in the Bible?
Feast
Birth. The Nativity of the Lord is Christmas.
It can mean
- The birth of Jesus: December 25. With it begins the Christmas season, which has its octave: eight days of feast.
- Only three: the Church celebrates the birth of Jesus, that of the Virgin Mary, and that of Saint John the Baptist, on June 24.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 2:7; Luke 2:11
What the Bible says
Luke 2:7
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:11
For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “natividad”; Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, 32-35; Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, 225