Month: December 2023

Bonus nativity, because I’m at my mom’s. This is the nativity I brought mom from Sierra Leone is hand-carved of ebony wood. I love the color and the reminder that Jesus was from the middle east and would have looked like a Palestinian Jew. #Day27 #2nddayofChristmas #nativitycollector #crèchenerd

Today’s nativity was given to me by my youngest nephew last Christmas. It is prominently displayed in the center of our mantle. A constant reminder that the star is always Jesus. #Day26 #2nddayofChristmas #nativitycollector #crèchenerd

It’s Christmas Day and I’m up waaay too late, so you may get two nativities today. This one is made of steel by a local artist and it adorns our door, the one we use. I believe mine is unique, he sells them with a cross in the top, but I requested he make mine with a star. This nativity is perfect for Christmas Day, the day we celebrate Jesus arrival on earth, because it reminds me that Jesus is always just waiting for us to open the door for him to enter our life. #Day25 #nativitycollector #crèchenerd

Today’s nativity is an empty gift box that sits among the gifts under our tree each year. This is a representational gift that serves as a reminder that the best gift of Christmas wasn’t purchased by a human and wrapped in colorful paper under the tree. Perhaps some may think it’s silly to have an empty box under the tree year after year… but that box reminds us that the best gift comes to us over and over and fills our void with love and light, fills us so full it spills out from us to all the world… Let this reminder come to you this Christmas Eve Morning, that whether you think you have purchased (are receiving) the perfect gift or not, the perfect The rest of the story