I have been dreaming about my nativities lately...I have 4, but 2 are especially precious to me.
The first is a gorgeous, ornate ceramic set that has the holy family, angel, wisemen on camels, animals and a gorgeous creche. My Mom gave it to me one year for Christmas and it's such a treasure. My house is a bi-level with a sunken porch and when you go up the stairs to the main floor, there is an open ceiling to the kitchen and it's the perfect open place to display it.
The other set I pined over for a year and finally bought last year at 10,000 villages. (http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/cgi-b ... em=2722010) It's a stunning two-tone olive wood nativity made from wood from Bethlehem. The creche is also just lovely and it sits prominently in my living room.
It is a funny story how this happened actually. I was in the store and it was uncharacteristically busy. I told my Dh to head one direction and I would go the other and see if we could find that olive nativity we had seen the year before. I was SERIOUSLY on a misson. At one point, DH waved me over and there it was. I stepped aside to take my son by the hand and woman in a wheelchair came over and hovered over the set for about 5 or 6 mins. I didn't want to be rude, so I was just standing nearby holding my breath and praying she wouldn't take it. FINALLY she wheeled away and I must have swooped down like an owl. When I took it to the till to pay for it, a sales person came over to the manager, who was ringing me in and asked him "Are there any more? I have a lady who would like that set". Sure enough, she wanted it. Took everything in me not to turn back and grin openly.
So what are your favorite things you look forward to bringing out, where do they 'live' in your house and how did they end up yours?
The first is a gorgeous, ornate ceramic set that has the holy family, angel, wisemen on camels, animals and a gorgeous creche. My Mom gave it to me one year for Christmas and it's such a treasure. My house is a bi-level with a sunken porch and when you go up the stairs to the main floor, there is an open ceiling to the kitchen and it's the perfect open place to display it.
The other set I pined over for a year and finally bought last year at 10,000 villages. (http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/cgi-b ... em=2722010) It's a stunning two-tone olive wood nativity made from wood from Bethlehem. The creche is also just lovely and it sits prominently in my living room.
It is a funny story how this happened actually. I was in the store and it was uncharacteristically busy. I told my Dh to head one direction and I would go the other and see if we could find that olive nativity we had seen the year before. I was SERIOUSLY on a misson. At one point, DH waved me over and there it was. I stepped aside to take my son by the hand and woman in a wheelchair came over and hovered over the set for about 5 or 6 mins. I didn't want to be rude, so I was just standing nearby holding my breath and praying she wouldn't take it. FINALLY she wheeled away and I must have swooped down like an owl. When I took it to the till to pay for it, a sales person came over to the manager, who was ringing me in and asked him "Are there any more? I have a lady who would like that set". Sure enough, she wanted it. Took everything in me not to turn back and grin openly.
So what are your favorite things you look forward to bringing out, where do they 'live' in your house and how did they end up yours?