This One Piece 12 Inch Holy Family Nativity
depicts the Holy Family in the manger. The Holy Family Nativity is approximately 12” tall, 10” wide, and 7” deep. The Holy Family Nativity is made of a stone/resin material. The Holy Family is inside the manger. Baby Jesus is laying in a brown wood crib. He lays on a brown blanket with gold trim. He is dressed in an antiqued forest green dress with gold trim. Mary kneels before him in a coral colored gown. She has a forest green cape around her shoulders with gold lining, and a matching gold belt. Her mantle is an apricot color. Her hands are in the praying position. Joseph is wearing a light brown tunic with gold belt. He also has a forest green cape draped around him, with gold lining. He holds a lantern in his left hand. The manger itself appears to be made to look like large grey trees with bark. In front are three small brown trees that grow to and through the roof. On top, the roof is covered in sphagnum moss. This is a beautiful piece to add to your table top Christmas decorations. Select this link to view our wide range of Large Nutcrackers.
The Christmas Crib
In the year 1220 St, Francis of Assissi visited Bethlehem. He liked the way the Christmas was celebrated there so much, that he asked the Pope for permission to recreate it in his own Italian village.
He built a manger in a cave. In it he placed a stone image of the baby Jesus. He surrounded the manger with real animals. Then he said a Mass (communion). The people found it so moving that they said it was possible to believe you were there at the actual birth of Jesus.
Before long, wooden nativity scenes were displayed in churches and homes across Europe. Today they continue to be popular as a way of reminding us of what Christmas is really about, the birth of Jesus.
The tradition was brought into Spain from Naples during the reign of Charles III of Spain.
In Catalonia, a figure is included that represents a Catalan peasant.
In Provence, in the South of France, nativity scenes are sometimes made up of hundreds of small painted clay figurines called Santon. They represent all the traditional trades and professions of old Provence. Because of their cultural value the Santons are often collected as art or craft objects, regardless of their possible use in a nativity scene.
A nativity scene, also called a crib or crèche, generally depicts the birth or birthplace of Jesus.