slo’s CHRISTMAS EVE 12/24 poll - Nativities

[slo]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!
No Christmas Day poll tomorrow, so I’ll say Merry Christmas now. I hope you all have a blessed, safe and happy Christmas. Sending love and Christmas hugs to you all!

Christmas Eve is always one of my favorite days of the year, because it’s a very holy day. I look forward to going to 5pm Mass with my family, and this will be my 19th year Lectoring/reading at Christmas Eve Mass. I go to a large parish, and this Mass is standing room only when it starts. I love standing up on the alter, which is raised by about 6 steps, and looking out at a packed church. It’s a wonderful, happy and joyful vibe.

With it being Christmas Eve, it’s a good time to discuss about the nativiy(ies) we may have at home. There are so many different styles of nativities and they can be for indoors and outdoors. Some are large and some are very small. If you’re interested in more information about nativities, here ya go…..




I’m sure most of you already know about that, but I thought I’d post it anyway. So, now it’s time to let everyone know if you have a nativity at home, and if you do, how many do you have. So tell us today……


Do you have any nativities at home?
If yes…..how many do you have?
If yes…..is your nativity(ies) indoor or outdoor?
(multiple choice)

*Please post a picture(s) of your nativity(ies) for us all to see. I love seeing different nativities - I find them so beautiful and unique.



For Me……We have 4 nativities at our house. We have one outside that is a blow mold nativity. My DH has a manager that he builds for this every year. He designed it so he can take it down and store it every year. I have my Precious Moments nativity that is 35 years old. My DH built the manager for it and put a light in it. I have a Little People’s toy nativity that goes on the floor under the family room tree. This is now 28 years old. I bought it for my DD27’s first Christmas so she could play with it without breaking anything. It still goes under the tree even though we have no little children around. Lastly, I have a very very small nativity that sits under my Grandma’s table top fiber optic Christmas tree. One day we’ll have my mom’s and my in-laws nativities that are very old. I’m not sure where we’ll display those, but I’ll find a place - those are very special.

Below are pictures of my Precious Moments Nativity
I know, I know…..there was no snow where Jesus was born, but I like the way it looks.

 

[Kitty 34]

I have a small one on the porch in between two small lit up Christmas trees.

May everyone have a peaceful Christmas Eve.

 

[Micca]

None here, Happy Christmas Dis friends

 

[Meriweather]

None here.
Merry Christmas Eve everyone

 

[Wood Nymph]

I have one nativity scene that I set up every year. The statue of Mary is missing a hand, and the donkey is missing a leg. But it is a treasured holiday decoration.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I have one I purchased at the Italian pavilion at EPCOT decades ago i absolutely love it !!! I have it on the table in my front room right as you come in my house

Merry Christmas !!!

 

[LoveDaisy]

None for me!

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[bobbiwoz]

I collect crèches, and have many indoor nativity scenes. We have one outdoor nativity set that is ancient, over 50 years old, and we keep it indoors now, lit in our bay window!

 

[lovesmurfs]

Merry Christmas, @slo!

We didn't unpack our nativities this year (I was gone for work from December 2 through the 17), so I wound up changing my vote twice as I remembered each one.

First - we received it from my in-laws -- we were newly married and I asked for it for Christmas.
Second - we have a coconut creche from my DBIL and DSIL when they were living in Haiti (similar picture below).
Third - when my dad's mother passed away, Mom gave me her creche -- it always looked so fancy on the top of her china cabinet. Turns out it was a wooden backdrop and plastic figurines....LOL. She had us fooled for over 50 years!

 

[PollyannaMom]

We own two, but one is quite large and we don't have the room to display it right now. The one I have up is a small ceramic set DH and I got at Joann Fabrics our first Christmas together. It's nothing fancy, but it's special just because it's been part of our display for so long. It has the 3 main figures, 3 wise men, a shepherd and a couple of sheep, plus we've added 2 angels over the years.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

We have one small indoor nativity.

 

[NAB]

I have one did have 2 but gave my daughter one when she moved out on her own.

Got both at Costco so there big. Not home so can’t post picture.

 

[Dan Murphy]

One for us.

A very Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday wish for everyone.

 

[ronandannette]

We've got one my DS made in kindergarten out of wood and felt; it's one of the few possessions in this world I prize. It's simple, innocent and precious and it's a focal point of my Christmas decor.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Well, I'm a Jewish girl with a non-observant Christian husband and father, so no nativities here.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!!

 

[clappyclaps]

None here either. Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[NeeseyL]

We have one smaller indoor one that my mom made in her ceramics class when my daughter was born. Merry Christmas to you all!!

 

[leebee]

None for us. Happy Christmas!

 

[Diznygrl]

We have a standard traditional one made in Italy complete with the annoying moss all over it, but I like the way it looks.

If it counts, I also have a teeny-tiny dollhouse sized nativity that I put in my Toontown Christmas village, because I'm cheeky like that.

 

[E&Cmom]

My DH made me a laser cut nativity scene. Priori to that I had my childhood nativity scene from the 70s. DH hated it as was starting to fall apart and missing the Angel.