I adore Nativity scenes. I have accumulated quite an assortment over the past 20 years. Tiny ones, large ones, ceramic ones, wooden ones, plastic ones and everything in-between make up my collection. If you have children, you know it is so hard for them to resist playing with them!
Last year every single one of the baby Jesus pieces came up missing. Gideon had collected them all to set up in his room. He wasn’t interested in the other pieces as much, he just wanted to hold the baby Jesus. I finally “gave” him one of my wooden sets to keep in his room.
This wood Nativity set is new this year, courtesy of Hard Working Toys. It has quickly become a favorite! It gets hauled here, there, and everywhere. The pieces are thick but not too chunky, perfect for little hands to hold.
These beautiful Nativity scenes come painted or unpainted.
Since there are 12 pieces it would be the perfect Nativity to use for a “12 Days of Christmas” for a family with young children. It would also make a fun family project to paint the pieces together and make it your “own.”
All Nativity scenes are cut from 3/4 inch MDF and routed to be smooth and easy for little hands to hold. Non-toxic paint and non-toxic varnish are used on the painted Nativity scenes.
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I love singing Christmas songs with my family by the lights of the tree and candles
Absolutely wonderful! Thanks for the chance to have one for our family.
Woops, should have read the note — we do an advent countdown going through various stories of the Old Testament leading to the birth of the Savior. Even though my kids are getting older, they still look forward to it.
We read a short Christmas story each night at dinner in December leading up to Christmas. Each child gets a new Christmas ornament each year to put on the tree. For FHE the Monday before Christmas we drive around looking at Christmas lights. I love this time of year.
New pajamas on Christmas Eve (very often all matching or all girls match and all boys match) is a tradition of ours.
Oh, that is a set I have wanted forever for the grandkids!
My grandmother would gather us around the tree on Christmas Eve and read us the Nativity story from the Bible. It is a tradition all the children and grandchildren and great-grand children keep today.
We read a Christmas story every night and also discuss a name of Christ.
So gorgeous and perfect for all the little hands at my house!
I love looking at Christmas lights on Christmas eve!
Beautiful!
My toddler would go nuts over this! We haven’t started any traditions yet, but I could see this becoming part of one.
I love to put a nativity set under the Christmas tree. Helps to remind us that Jesus Christ was the best present. I know my grandkids would love this nativity. Thank you for having a give-a-way.
Love this!
My favorite tradition seems to be starting new traditions…and then forgetting about them the next year! Really though, I enjoy reading Christmas stories by the tree with my kiddos.
We have a sibling gift exchange of handmade gifts
Ohh we just decided tonight to participate in the 12 days of Christmas with a delivery of a piece of the nativity after a family did this to us last year. This would be the perfect gift for them!
Our favorite tradition is reading a new Christmas book each day.
I have just been reading Luke 2 v 4 and Micah 5 v 2 they both tell us that Jesus was born in Bethlehem why does Alma 7:9,10 say that he was born in Jerusalem?
The Son of God cometh upon the face of the earth. And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem”. Alma 7:9,10.
I appreciate how you are observant as you study, Isobel. Alma says Jesus was born at Jerusalem. There is a distinct difference in those two words – in and at – especially in ancient Jewish writing. This article will help to explain it better.
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1984/08/i-have-a-question/why-does-the-book-of-mormon-say-that-jesus-would-be-born-in-jerusalem?lang=eng
On Christmas Eve, as a family we always have chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese sandwiches, because we’re usually running about like crazy people. After dinner, we light the candles on the Christmas tree, and read the story of the Birth of Christ. My kids, now adults, still love these traditions-as do I !
So cute. My kids would love these.
I love these. I love having a nativity for my young ones to enjoy! Though usually everyone enjoys them! Thanks for the recommendation and opportunity.
Our small town has a creche, hosted by one of our local stakes, every year for the community to come enjoy at the beginning of December. This year, there were close to 1,000 Nativity sets to see! Our family loves going to this together and listening to some of the special musical numbers.
Reading in Luke Christmas eve … after we have been out to dinner for Mexican! Found that going out to eat brought the teenagers closer for a longer period of time than our usual eat and dash from the table at home. They at least have to wait until Mom and Dad finish eating for a ride home.
We have so many Christmas traditions! A favorite is looking at Christmas lights together.
We love setting up the tree as a family while eating from a huge bowl of popcorn popped over the stove and kool aid.
My favorite tradition is singing Christmas carols around the piano!
All things Christmas, but to be more specific, on Christmas morning we let the kids open their stockings, then do a nice breakfast and THEH presents, in an attempt to stretch out the fun.
We have several. We adopt a family to give Christmas to. We have done this in many different ways over the years. We always read the story of Christ birth Luke chapter 2 on Christmas morning before presence.
I love driving around town with my family and looking at all of the Christmas lights
We have a special Christmas Eve FHE at the Grandparents’ house.
This is perfect!! I love having a Nativity in my home for Christmas, in fact we have a larger, more fragile one, a snow globe one, and then we have 2 our children keep in their rooms. It’s really special to have one the can handle & look at.
We would love this! We always do a 12 Days of Christmas Nativity for someone in our ward each year. Although this is so lovely, I’d be really tempted to keep it. A favorite tradition is reading Luke 2 and lighting luminaries on Christmas Eve. Another favorite is unwrapping and reading a Christmas book every day in December. Another favorite is going to Christmas Eve dinner at my husband’s family, eating dinner at midnight and then opening gifts. It’s a tradition that had to grow on me a bit because it is different from my own family’s traditions, but I really love it now. Really, I love every Christmas tradition!
We have an extended family Christmas Eve party that goes back to my great-grandmother who emigrated to America with her family in the late 1800s when she was 4 yrs old. Everyone sings and plays instruments and we play arrangement of carols done by my brother. For that moment I feel like we’re all together in heaven.
Elf on the shelf!
Looking at the lights around town
This Nativity is so neat! I love playing BINGO with the extended family on Christmas night.
We drink egg nog while we decorate the tree. The kids loving finding their special ornaments to put on each year.
We celebrate St. Nicholas Day so that the visit of Santa is separated from the celebration of Christ’s birth.
There’s a Christmas song written by Randy Boothe called “Winter Star” I love singing this with my family every year.
I also love Nativity Sets. I have about 50 from paper nativities to crystal nativities and everything in between except for wood. That would be a great addition to the set.
Love the nativity!!
One of my favorite traditions is to bake and decorate gingerbread houses with my boys!
We drive around to see our community Christmas lights.