Nativities

 This week we decorated our Christmas tree and got out all our nativities. Over the years I have collected quite a few and every year I usually get another one. It was enjoyable to get them out and see my old friends. The first several are Christmas tree ornaments:

This next one is one I made a long time ago in Relief Society. It's just blocks of wood, very child-friendly:

Here's another couple of child-friendly nativities:

Here's the new one we got this year for our front yard. We had to drive up to Ogden to buy it because no other store had it:

This is one my mother gave me last year. They all nest inside each other:

This is from Ukraine. My son had it specially made and brought it back from his mission there:

This is a nativity candle from Latvia that my daughter-in-law gave me last year. Nativities are very hard to find in Latvia so it was very nice to have this. I have wanted a nativity from each country that my children went to on their missions. My second son went to Latvia but couldn't find a nativity there:

This was a nativity my son brought home from Germany:

Here are a couple I have gotten recently:

This is one I ordered from a website called Nativities of the World. I think it was made in Uganda:

This is one from Jerusalem where my son went last winter:

This is one from Armenia:

This is the first nativity I bought a long time ago. It was combined with a few animals from a nativity we bought in Germany which was not very durable:

This is another one I made in Relief Society:

My nativities help me feel a little more like the Christmas spirit. Merry Christmas!