The first one was a gift, brought to us from Israel. One nice part about this one is the pieces are so durable that there was no danger of it getting broken by being constantly rearranged by the children.
This next one also came as a gift from some friends who joined with us to make candy canes one year.
One year Kathleen was busy making a nativity set for a gift. We all fell in love with it and wanted to make our own, so all of us girls got together and made it a group craft project. It is fun to go into their homes and see their versions displayed.
This is the smallest nativity of all, though you can't tell it from the picture. Most of the pieces are no more than 1/2 inch tall! Unlike the other sets, this one doesn't live atop the piano, but rather under the miniature Christmas tree.
The last nativity we have is also the newest one. We found it in Roanoke, Virginia, although its origin is Africa. It is all made from banana palms. It was from a sort of store that supports crafts from poor countries and sells them here to provide a living for less fortunate people.
There is one other nativity, a bell already pictured in the post about the wooden ornaments.
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