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  • Meet My Nativities: The Oddballs

    Despite the best-designed rules of collection, unexpected (and sometimes odd) things slip in. Folks will purchase a set for you (pewter from Mexico) because they know you have a collection: Since I don’t walk around sharing my collection rules, the occasional gift now and then is to be expected. And every now and then you’ll […]

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  • Meet My Nativities: Travels

    With the purchase of the Alaskan nativity, focus arrived for my collection: I’d only collect nativities related to our travels. That’s how we ended up with a Precious Moments nativity: And this wildly colorful fabric collage nativity from San Antonio’s Market Square: We found this simple and elegant nativity (by a Native American artist) near […]

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  • Meet My Nativities: Where It Began

    As evidenced by my need for a display cabinet, I have a decent-sized nativity collection. I didn’t start out to collect nativities, it just sort of happened. While in college, I worked with international students. After one particularly taxing event that we worked on, some of my friends from Palestine gave me this lovely nativity:The […]