Christian Christmas Wall Art - Nativity Scene Canvas

A quiet nativity on gallery wrapped canvas, printed to order for the room where your family gathers at Christmas. Jesus rests in a straw crib while Joseph leans over him from one side and Mary kneels on the other, with an ox and two lambs close enough to be part of it. It is the humble telling of the story rather than the gilded one, which is exactly why it still reads well on a wall you walk past every day of December.

Framed Or Unframed, Your Call

This listing is the unframed gallery wrap. The canvas is stretched over beveled wood bars and the printed image carries around the sides, so it hangs clean and flat against the wall with no frame and no glass. It is the lighter look, and it is the only way to get this piece in the big 32x48.

If you would rather have a frame, we print the same artwork as a framed nativity canvas, set in a solid wood frame in your choice of black or white. Same scene, same inks, finished a different way. That version runs five sizes up to 36x24 inches. Pick whichever suits the wall, the room and the rest of your furniture.

Christmas Decor That Carries The Reason For It

Most Christmas decor comes down on the second of January and nobody misses it. A nativity canvas is a different kind of purchase. It holds the reason for the season rather than the trimmings around it, so it earns the same wall every year instead of getting replaced when the trend moves on. Plenty of our customers put theirs up the weekend after Thanksgiving and leave it through Epiphany.

The scene was designed to be warm rather than loud. A single shaft of pale light falls through the roof and lands on the crib first, and everything around it stays in straw gold and deep brown. That means it sits beside greenery, a wood mantel, brass candlesticks and cream stockings instead of competing with them. It also holds up in a room that is not decorated for Christmas at all, which matters if you hang it in a hallway or a study.

What You Get

✔ Unframed gallery wrapped canvas, stretched over beveled wood bars so the edge does not show through the front

✔ Semi gloss finish for deeper color in the straw and the light, without the mirror glare of a high gloss

✔ Six sizes from 8x12 up to 32x48 inches, the largest we offer this piece in

✔ Two depths, a slim 0.75 inch profile or a deeper 1.25 inch gallery wrap

✔ Mounting hardware arrives attached, so it hangs the day it lands

✔ Leveling bumpers included to protect the wall and keep the piece sitting straight

✔ Industrial strength staples for a stretch that holds its shape season after season

✔ Designed in Michigan, made to order in North America

Choosing Your Size

Measure the furniture or the wall space it will hang above and aim for roughly two thirds of that width in artwork. Above a sofa, a mantel or a sideboard that usually lands at 24x36 or 32x48 inches. For an entry, a hallway, a study or a bedside wall, 16x24 or 20x30 inches is the comfortable middle. The 8x12 and 12x18 suit a shelf lean, a stair gallery wall or the narrow stretch beside a door.

Hang it at eye level, centered 57 to 60 inches from the floor. When it sits above furniture, leave 6 to 10 inches between the top of the furniture and the bottom of the canvas so the two read as one group rather than two separate things. Cut the size out of painters tape and live with it on the wall for a day before you order.

Questions We Get Asked

Is this a painting or a print?

It is a print. The artwork was digitally designed in a painterly style and then printed to order on canvas in the size you choose, which is how we can offer it in six sizes and two depths rather than as one single piece. The brushwork you see is part of the image, not paint sitting on the surface.

Does this one come framed?

No. This listing is the unframed gallery wrap and it ships ready to hang exactly as it arrives. One of our photos shows the artwork set inside a decorative carved frame to show how it can look framed, and that frame is not included and is not something we sell. What we do sell is a framed version of this nativity in a solid black or white wood frame, so if a frame is what you want, start there instead.

Which should we buy, framed or unframed?

Go unframed if you want the modern gallery look, if it is joining other unframed pieces on a wall, or if you want the 32x48, which only the unframed version comes in. Go framed if the room leans traditional or formal, if it is going above a mantel or a dining sideboard where a frame gives it weight, or if the surrounding furniture already has dark or painted wood the frame can echo.

What size nativity canvas should we order?

Measure what it will hang above and take roughly two thirds of that width. Over a sofa or a mantel that is usually 24x36 or 32x48 inches. In an entry, a hallway or a bedroom, 16x24 or 20x30 inches is plenty. The 8x12 and 12x18 are shelf and gallery wall sizes rather than statement pieces.

Which depth should we choose, 0.75 or 1.25 inch?

The 0.75 inch profile sits close to the wall and nearly disappears from the side, which suits the smaller sizes and any wall where several pieces hang together. The 1.25 inch gallery wrap reads more substantial and is the better match for the 24x36 and 32x48, where a thin edge can make a large canvas look underbuilt.

Does it arrive ready to hang?

Yes. Mounting hardware comes attached and leveling bumpers are included, so there is nothing to buy and nothing to assemble.

Can this hang on a porch, in a bathroom or anywhere damp?

No. Canvas is an indoor material. Steam, weather and direct afternoon sun will all shorten its life, so keep it on an interior wall away from a hot south facing window and out of a bathroom that gets steamy.

How should we store it between Christmases?

Stand it upright rather than laying it flat with anything stacked on top, and wrap it in a sheet or put it back in its box. Keep it in conditioned space. An unheated attic or a damp basement swings through enough humidity to slacken a stretched canvas over a few seasons.

What else do you make for faith based rooms?

Our scripture and faith pieces live together in the Christian Wall Art collection. That is where to look if you want a verse piece that stays up all year rather than a seasonal one.