The home is decorated with installments from my different Nativity collections. Pictured below are the various sets (missing is the wooden one I have at the office).
Irish, Ceramic
The crèche and Holy Family arrived first. A few months later a wise man and camel arrived. A few months after that, another wise man and a donkey. Then another angel. And so it went, month after month. The Gospel records that a whole choir of angels sang to the shepherds in the field, so I had to tell the manufacturer to cease with the shipments. When I received the first shipment, all-thumbs here promptly dropped the Holy Infant on the tile by the fireplace, and just like that the babe's head popped right off. I saved it with some Elmer's, but Kelly at the office remarked, "That's got to be worth seven years of bad luck or something."
PeruvianYes, the wise man on the left's head is missing. No, it is not a theme -- just bad luck (see note above).
Nativity in Tin
A gift from Diana, my youngest sister who escaped Florida to live in Brooklyn. The whole set folds up into the little tin box that the angel is standing on.
Year-Round Holy Family
I have this one on the bookshelf year-round.
Angel Nativity
This one is a Christmas tree ornament. The left bookend to the Traditional Nativity below.
Modern Family
A gift from my folks. The right bookend to my Traditional Nativity.
Traditional Nativity
The bread and butter Nativity. Sits on the china cabinet opposite me at the table, so that I see it when I dine.
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