Advent Calendar - December 14
Christmas Fact:
The Nativity figurine market thrives in North America too - judging by the wares available here, and here and here.In southern Europe, where the Christmas tree never found much favor, home Christmas decoration focuses around the Nativity scene. The Spanish call the scene nacimiento (meaning "birth"), or a belén (meaning "Bethlehem"), the Italians call it a presépio (meaning "crib"), and the French call it crèche (meaning "crib"). In the same way that many North Americans collect Christmas tree ornaments, many southern European families slowly build a treasured collection of Nativity figurines.
– Encyclopedia of Christmas p. 410
2 comments:
I love nativity scenes. Our son's tutor gave him a magnetic from the Oriental Trading Company. She's using them with all her students, using them to teach reading of a simple Christmas story.
I love nativity scenes too. What a lovely gift from your son's tutor. I never thought of them as a way to teach reading!
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