In most paintings Mary is seen to be on the left of the manger. Presumably the artist thinking that Mary was right handed. This being so it would have been easier for her to have lifted the child. But then it is all according if one is looking at the back of Mary, or at the head of the manger,if so she would have been on the right.
The Christmas song with the initials "CIAMIOM" is Child in a Manger, Infant of Mary.
In the manger in Bethlehem , there were Joseph , Mary and the animals were thee like sheep, ox and cows were there.
Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger. Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger.
As you will recall there was no room in the Inn for Mary and Joseph to lodge. Mary was very soon to have a baby. They either found a stable or some say a cave that was used as a stable for animals. There was nothing in this stable except some hay and a manger. A manger is a feeding trough for animals. So Jesus was laid in the manger (sort of like a crib.) Mary and Joseph probably slept on the floor.
She laid Him in a manger due to lack of cradle.
Jesus in a manger. He was born from the virgin Mary.
As there was no place in the inn, Mary and Joseph stayed in the manger, but if you are asking where they stayed later, it is in Nazareth.
A manger was Jesus' crib, for as the angels declared to the shepherds: "and you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manager", which basically an animal feeding troth.
She placed Jesus in a manger (a container/trough for feeding animals).
Manger, messiah, mistletoe,merry, Mary
The Bible tells us only that Mary wrapped the infant in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger.
Mary gave birth to Jesus in a manger in Bethlehem.