The Fontanini Christmas nativity scene creche stable,
measures 13.5 inches tall by 15.75 inches wide by 8.75 inches deep. This bark and moss decorated nativity stable has an open arch loft supported by wood beams. Behind the loft wall of the nativity scene creche is a wind up music box that plays Silent Night. Note: DO NOT Over Wind the Music Box because it will lock the turning mechanism. The roof is decorated with green moss and one of the roofs edges is decorated with decorative bark. The back wall of the Christmas nativity scene creche stable below the loft is covered with green moss. The two support beams holding up the roof are also decorated with natural wood bark. The floor is covered with small brown wood shavings. This Christmas nativity scene creche stable will hold nativity figurines from 4 to 6 inches. Select the following link to view all of our nativity creches for nativity sets.
Melchior: Legend tells us that Melchior, the king of Arabia and India at the time of Christ’s birth, was a small gentle, elderly man with venerable ways. King Melchior has the distinction of being the eldest of the three wise men visiting the Christ Child and his figure is always given the honor of being placed first before the others at the baby’s crib.
Indeed, Melchior’s appearance substantiated his position: his beard was long and white, in dramatic contrast to the crimson robes that were his signature color. But this wise man wasn’t just a learned head of state with wealth and regal garments. He was also a patron of the arts with a soft spot in his heart for the harp. His greatest pleasure was said to have been listening to its beautiful notes hour after hour. Select the following link to view all of our Christmas nativity scene.
Like his esteemed traveling companions, Melchior was said to have waited a lifetime for a star to appear in the heavens. Once it did, there was no question but that he was destined to join the other two kings for a journey to Bethlehem where it was promised that the three would find, waiting in the holy city, the Messiah. Select the following link to view all of our Christmas nativity scene sets.
Each king brought a precious gift for the Child. Melchior carried a small chest of gold. Scholars wrote that he also carried silks and precious stones to Bethlehem, and in one tale it was written that Melchior literally rolled out these treasures before the crib of the infant.
This stately emperor was said to have lived to the age of 116 and to have had a wife and a child. His journey to the crib of the Christ Child completed a life long dream that must have found him joyful beyond measure. For on the eighth day after visiting the birthplace of Jesus in the stable, Melchior was said to have gone to the temple to pray and ten peacefully died, his mission fulfilled. Select the following link to view all of our nativity figurines.
As they had been in life, so were three wise men together at the time of the first one’s death. Legend tells us that Balthazar and Gaspar lovingly bore Melchior to his tomb on the day the eldest Magi died.
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