Sentence:  Occasionally, too, he ventured to bring her some ghostly present—such as a picture of the Madonna and child, or one of those little naked images which are hawked about the streets at the <WSD>nativity</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist. (from 12th c.)