Let's see your nativity sets

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This is up year round.
 
when I saw this post about nativity sets was reminded of a news story

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Father Joe’s 700 Nativity sets on auction block

SAN DIEGO — Well-known in San Diego for the decades he spent raising money to help the homeless, Father Joe Carroll was also a prolific collector of Nativity sets, amassing alm…
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years ago fr Joe use to display a number of his nativity sets at the Saint Vincent de Paul HQ during the xmas season

which reminds me I have to find a hand made set my parents picked up in Mexico (many, many, many years ago when I was a kid) and placed on top of the fireplace mantel on dec 20th and taken down on the feast of the Epiphany

now it blows me away that some xmas decorations are set up for sale @ Home Depot a month or so before halloween
 
I really like the idea of adding Santa Claus to a Nativity set, but worry that it would confuse my grandsons (3 and 6) I don’t want them to conflate a mythical figure with real people.
 
Decades ago, I would buy really nice nativity sets after Christmas, usually at less than half of the original price, then give them as wedding presents. My gift was never a duplicate, so no return worries.
 
My youngest boy (now 9) is completely crazy for anything with dinosaurs and sharks. So a typical little boy, I suppose. Anyways, when he was 4, iirc, he set up all his plastic dinosaurs as part of our Nativity set. So that year the infant Jesus was being paid homage by several shepherds & their sheep, 3 magis, 6 brachiosaurs, 3 T-rexes a carnotaurus, and a handful of triceratopses and miscellaneous therapods. 😄
 
This is my parent’s nativity scene. They got it in the early 1950s. The figures are made of paper-mache, and are brittle like ceramic. Unfortunately, after four kids and two grandkids, St. Joseph and the angel are now amputees 🙁. Joseph is missing his hand and the poor angel is missing a wing!

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My grandmother had a set like that. The broken parts are now part of the history of your set! 😉

For anyone interested in these kinds of old sets, eBay had plenty of them last year, and I would assume they still do.
 
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.) I am still working on it. I gave this nativity set away years ago after my Mother died. After the house was sold etc. Gave it to a family and to my surprise it came back to me this year. 💓 The cave is gone which my mom made out of paper mache… Anyway used a laundry detergent container and used it for the cave.
 
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Make a creche and the figures of wood or other materials. Salvage skids, also called pallets. Google the many ways to use them for ideas on construction. Or, ask for small branches where you see trees being topped: for a rougher exterior finish of the manger. Use paint on wood cutouts from plywood, or use wire or wire coathangers twisted into human shapes, then covered with papier mache (which you can make), or starched and draped fabric. Since you sew, you’re a natural for crafting adventures. Go for it! Google, and you’ll find oodles of info on techniques. 😀
 
I’ve got mine set up in my room near my DIY Advent Wreath. I would like to get one where I could set the figures out though. The current one I have all the figures are stuck to the stable (well apart from an angel and a king who came loose in transit!)

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Here’s the life size Nativity scene outside the church at our neighboring parish

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Here is our Nativity. It’s Fontanini. Started with the Holy Family and added to it. I bought the stable at Walmart, added excelsior.

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This is my Nativity set. Each piece was collected over the years. It was the tradition of my church to give one piece every Christmas to each child at Sunday School. I got Jesus and the crib in first grade, Mary in second grade, Joseph in third grade, and the animals in the next few grades.
Each piece is over 50 years old.

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Right now in my nativity set Elsa from Frozen is playing with Baby Jesus… 🤣🤣😍
 
I have 2 one blessed.
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One not blessed.
 
My cat, this afternoon. “Hey, are you in there, Jesus?”

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