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. Select this link to view our beautiful line of Christmas Tree Angels Toppers.
A Cherub.
A cherub is an angel of great knowledge and a symbol of heavenly wisdom or justice. The plural of cherub is cherubim. The cherubim rank just below the order of angels called the seraphim.
In art the cherubim are usually represented by children’s heads, with one, two or three pairs of wings. In the earliest religious paintings they have thoughtful and intelligent faces. The early painters also followed strict rules for color schemes when representing cherubim. In a picture of angels in circles, called a “Glory of Angels”, the second circle, that of the cherubim, was always blue. This color stood for light and knowledge. The inner circle, that of the seraphim, was red. Later artists painted the angels with more freedom. Such paintings as the Sistine Madonna by Raphael and “Coronation of the virgin” by Perugino show this change. In the Raphael picture, the Madonna stands on clouds made up of heads of many cherubim. At the base of the picture rest two cherubim which are noted for the serious beauty of their faces. In the Perugino picture, the floating cherubim have wings of various colors. Another painting by Perugino, “Assumption of the virgin”, also contains famous cherubim.
Angels.
Angels are Immortal spirits that appear to mankind at important moments. They appear to man as messengers of god, bringing messages of comfort, warnings, tests of belief and deliverance. They are also bringers of peace and goodwill. The New Testament tells how the Angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks to bring them good tidings of great joy, the Birth of Christ, and the multitude of angels proclaimed, Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men.
Everyone has a guardian angel watching over and providing protection from harm. Spreading their loving wings, guardian angels escort us all securely through life. They help lessen our fears and misery, allowing us to be optimistic about whatever the future brings.