or crèche as we say in America
We do? I don’t say that.
Google:
crèche
kreSH/Submit
noun
noun: crèche; plural noun: crèches
1.
NORTH AMERICAN
a model or tableau representing the scene of Jesus Christ’s birth, displayed in homes or public places at Christmas.
2.
BRITISH
a nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day.We also say “crayfish” - or at least right-thinking Americans do.
America is a big enough place that to say “Americans call soft drinks ‘pop’” ignores the rest of the country that calls it “coke” or “soda”. So I don’t feel bad having heard the word crayfish but more readily identifying them with the words crawfish or crawdad.
But in any case, I say “nativity scene”.