Our beautiful Christmas Mangers
is approximately 23” wide, 12.5” tall at its peak, and 9.5” deep. The Wooden Christmas Manger is wide enough to fit many nativity characters. The Manger is made of wood, bark, and moss. This Christmas Mangers is perfect for your Fontanini 5” characters. The roof of the Christmas Manger is decorated in sphagnum moss, while the trim of the roof is lined in bark on the left side. The left side is held up by a large bark piece. Sphagnum moss is surrounding the walls. On the back wall is a window with a brick-looking piece next to it. The cut away brick is meant to give the manger an aged look. Underneath the window is another bark piece. To the right of that is a wall with a ledge on top with moss covering the top. Beneath the ledge is a wooden wall with a cut out in it. Hay and grass are growing out of the hole. On both sides of the hole are brick cut-outs. Click to look at more Christian Gift Ideas for your holiday gift giving.

THE NATIVITY
Luke chapter 2 6-7
Finally Joseph found an animal shelter, which was warm, dry, and above all, private. he went to find a midwife who could help Mary deliver her firstborn, which in those times was always a dangerous event. The women who came to assist were a little dubious. Theirs was a strict religion, and Mary's story sounded strange to them. But as soon as the Holy Babe was born, they fell to their knees and gave praises to God for the wonder they had seen. Select to view all of our wonderful Christmas Nativity Scene products.

Mary wrapped his child in the customary swaddling bands, and he was kept warm by the breath of the stable animals which were also sheltered there. We can only imagine the way it must have felt to be present there. In the middle of this dark cold night, surrounded by dumb creatures, who were the only witnesses to the greatest miracle of all time. Click to check out our unique Christmas Nativity Scene Sets. Also add these special Nativity Accessories to your unique Nativity collection.

DATE OF NATIVITY
Various theories on when Christ was actually born - from 12BC to 1AD have been bandied around over the years. These scraps of evidence and theoretical arguments leads many to support the 5-4BC theory because it matches the times when we know that:

1. Herod the Great was friends with Mark Antony, who was a trusty of Julius Caesar, and also an intimate friend of Caesar Augustus (who set the census)
2. Herod died in 4BC, which means that Jesus had to be around some time during the 33 years of Herod's reign.
3. There are several theories about the date of the census. The most probable being the Imperial Citizens Census which was decreed in 8BC. This would have taken several years to complete, reaching Palestine around 6-5BC. Select the following link to view all of our fabulous Nativity Figurines.

So if we say that Jesus was born in the winter of 6BC, he would have been a child approaching two when Herod had the Innocents slaughtered before he himself died of a horrible disease in the Spring of 4BC. Or, one could say that Jesus was born in 5BC and was a baby still when taken off to Egypt to escape the slaughter. Click to see all of our rustic Nativity Creches For Nativity Sets. Select if you would like to hang Nativity Ornaments on your Artifical Prelit Christmas Trees.