Nativity Scenes.
 

Everyone I knew growing up had a Nativity Scene at their home during the Christmas season. We still have ours missing many a leg off sheep and shepherds dog but still I enjoy getting it out and setting it up every year.



This is not ours, I just liked this one and thought I'd share.

Nativity Scenes
 

I put mine up even if we don't put up a tree. The tree is not the crux of the season

I always got in trouble for taking Jesus out of the manger and putting other items in:

Bite size Tootsie Roll

An Easter Bunny

Cooked green bean

G I Joe

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Just a bit off topic but, I would shoot off the tree ornaments with my BB gun and blame the dog.


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Hopefully, that was many years ago - but in The Villages, you never know. :wave:

I made mine in ceramics decades ago when my kids were young. It has been through many moves.

I did too, and it did not survive our many moves.

Then 20 years ago I bought a beautiful gossimer-like nativity in Italy and had it shipped home. What arrived was the Italian equivalent of a turkey platter. They never did find my nativity set.

I miss both the one that got so broken and the MIA one.

That is a pretty nativity scene with two sheep, but no dog.
Is that a (gasp) female shepherd? :D

I'll venture a guess - you haven't changed!

We decorate for Thanksgiving, Christmas Easter
At Christmas we always display the nativity scene.
I got frustrated with assembling every year as it was like working a puzzle so two years ago I glued it all together
and now just insert Jesus Mary Joseph , etc

How long did it take to train your dog to shoot a BB gun?:22yikes:

I also had a hand made manger. I am happy it has survived as the friend I made it with lost hers in hurricane Sandy

38 years ago my wife and I were young and always felt we should live within our means....which was not much at that young age. We have always been do it yourselfers. So.....we made our own.

There was a nearby factory that made rulers, and discarded the blemished wood for free. I used these "sticks" and designed and glued together a manger. Stained it. The base was from an old sign I found at work which I painted.

My wife made all the figurines out of wooden clothespins and fabric. It was beautiful.

Years later we "upgraded" to a Precious Moments set, gave the clothespin set to a new young couple who were very thankful. We still use the manger I glued together and it has survived many moves unscathed.

Our first Christmas together we were told the state was allowing folks to cut their own christmas trees on one of the state lands for free. We went there and tromped through the snow and found a beautiful Douglas fir tree. No one wanted it because it had a double trunk most all the way up. Who wants a split trunk tree?

I told my wife, "Watch this".....I reached into the tree and with my hand brought the two trunks together. The two sides came together and made a perfect tree. We cut it down and other folks laughed at it. I got it home and bound the two trunks together. The transformation was like magic. We've had 38 trees since then and I still think that one was the best looking.

I told my wife it symbolized us newly married....two incomplete people made more perfect when bound together. The magic did not stop there. We foolishly bought only one string of christmas lights. Somehow, my wife strung them in a way that worked. One string on a 9 foot tall Doug fir....and it looked great. That was our first Christmas.

Sorry for the long post...the topic brought back some memories.

Frank

Wonderful story Frank.

I enjoyed every word of it. You are a good man Frank Dangelo.