Nativity scenes are a big deal in my family. My mother has dozens of them, all from different places in the world that she or her children have been.
I have 4 brothers who have served religious missions for our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. When the oldest returned from Argentina, he brought a lovely nativity set for my mother. That set the tradition for my brothers to follow. From her other boys, she was given one from The Canary Islands in Spain, Mexico, and Oklahoma. (Yes, Oklahoma. We all wondered what he would bring back, but it turns out there is a Precious Moments museum out there!).
I didn’t serve a mission, but when I graduated from college, my parents sent my husband and me to London and Paris. After searching everywhere for a nativity set in both cities (during the month of September), we were ready to give up. Then, we realized that the whole of Europe is filled with nativity scenes- in painting and stained glass form! We found some postcards of scenes from the nativity from the stained glass of Notre Dame in Paris, and had them framed to give to my mother.
My fifth brother is currently serving a mission in Ohio. I’m sure it will be hard to find an Ohio-an representation of the nativity, but I’m sure he can do it!
My parents recently returned from a trip to Jerusalem, so I knew we were going to get a nativity set from there. I was so excited to open the present Christmas morning, and was not disappointed at it’s beauty!
Isn’t it gorgeous? I love that the angel and star are a part of the scenery.
Do you have a special nativity in your home?
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I don’t have a Nativity set but this christmas I got that I didn’t have enough christmassy accents besides the tree, I went out and bought a tall angel (from Pier 1) with a big glass ball in the same colours next to it. That was my addition to my christmas decor this year!
yep this is the one we got too, isn’t it beautiful? love love love it
Beautiful, I love it. It’s hard to tell by the pictures the size. Love this blog!!!
Have you ever seen the nativities in Mexico? They call them nacimentos. They’re so big and elaborate–it’s so cool!
Happy New Year!
That is so funny, because I have a draft of a post right now about nativity scenes and a controversy in my family about who has the “original” one from our childhood.
I’m so glad you stopped in, as I have only “met”one other person on-line who has ever heard of the phrase Half-Past Kissin’ Time, and knowing of older people who use(d) it is heartwarming to me. I used to think it was a song, but I have never been able to find lyrics/music. However, a dear friend searched all over and found me an audio recording of the poem (and many others by the same author) to give me for Christmas this year. Isn’t that sweet?
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