Nativity

Nativity! is a 2009 British Christmas musical comedy film directed by Debbie Isitt and released on 27 November 2009 and the first instalment in the Nativity film series. The film stars Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen. In the film, teacher Paul Maddens (Freeman) lies to his rival that Hollywood are coming to watch his school's Christmas nativity, but after the lie gets out of hand, he must resolve the issue and save his school fast. The film was written by its director, Debbie Isitt, but was also partially improvised. The film is set and was made in Coventry, England and premiered on 23 November 2009 in the SkyDome Arena there. It was released in cinemas on 27 November 2009. The film was followed by Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012), Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? (2014), and Nativity Rocks! (2018). In 2017, a stage musical adaptation premiered and has since toured the UK over the subsequent Christmas seasons.

Nativity or The Nativity may refer to: ==Birth of Jesus Christ== Nativity of Jesus, the Gospel stories of the birth of Jesus Christ Nativity of Jesus in art, any depiction of the nativity scene Nativity (Barocci), a 1597 painting by Federico Barocci The Nativity (Burne-Jones), 1888 Nativity (Campin), a 1420 panel painting by Robert Campin The Nativity (Champaigne), c. 1643 Nativity (Christus), a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by Petrus Christus Nativity (Correggio), a painting finished around 1529–1530 by Antonio da Correggio Nativity (El Greco), The Nativity (Frontier), 1743 Nativity (Geertgen tot Sint Jans) or Nativity at Night, a painting of about 1490 by Geertgen tot Sint Jans Nativity (Lanfranco), Nativity (Lotto), 1523 Nativity (Masaccio) or Desco da parto, a birthing-tray painted by Masaccio Nativity (Master of the Brunswick Diptych), Nativity (Parmigianino), The Nativity of Christ (Poulakis), 1650-1674 The Nativity (Piero della Francesca), Nativity (Simone dei Crocifissi), The Nativity (Victor) Nativity play, a play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus Nativity scene or crèche, a three-dimensional display depicting the Nativity ==Film, television, and theater== Nativity (film series), a 2009–2018 series of British family Christmas films Nativity!, the 2009 first film in the series The Nativity (film), a 1978 American television film The Nativity (television drama), a 1952 American television film The Nativity (TV series), a 2010 British four-part drama series Nativity: A Life Story, a musical by Langston Hughes first staged in the mid-1990s ==Other uses== La Navidad (The Nativity), a settlement founded in 1492¹ by Christopher Columbus, in present-day Haiti Natal chart or nativity, the horoscope at or of the time of one's birth Nativity BVM High School, a Catholic high school in Pottsville, Pennsylvania Nativity High School (Detroit, Michigan), former high school in Detroit, Michigan Nativity School (Cincinnati, Ohio), Catholic grade school in Cincinnati, Ohio ==See also== Antigen nativity, an antigen before an APC binds to it Birth, the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring Christmas Native (disambiguation) Nativity of Mary, a Catholic feast day commemorating the birth of the Virgin Mary Nativity of St John the Baptist, a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist Nativity of the Theotokos, Eastern Orthodox feast day commemorating the birth of the Virgin Mary Nativism (disambiguation) Navidad (disambiguation)

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