I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honour of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practises abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
(Revelation 21:22-27)
Above is a picture of the Nativity set which my mother made with the Three Wise Men and the camels added to the tableau. I haven't displayed the camels for several years now, taking the lazy way out, but I unwrapped them this year for the picture.
Wow, those are some handsome camels. If you click the photo to enlarge it you see the saddlebags and riding blankets and all kinds of detail. Nice kittehs, as TCR would say. (All animals are kittehs on his blog.)
ReplyDeleteThanks Mimi. Happy Feast of the Epiphany.
Jane, the nice big kittehs steal the show, don't they? Perhaps that's why I don't usually display them.
ReplyDeleteHappy Epiphany to you!
Happy Epiphany to you, Mimi.
ReplyDeleteI always forget to click, so I often miss the details! But I love the sage on the left. His head dress looks like a pumpkin! I love the Baby Jesus. He is soo tiny. He's separate from the manger, right? I also love the fact that the porcelain has been unsullied by any colors. I've seen some pretty garish creches in my day. Some people think the more paint, the better. :o)
Susan, in a large RC church here in town, there are two large statues, one of Joan of Arc and the other of St. Louis, King of France. The two statues are garishly painted. St. Louis' cheeks are majorly rosy, as are Joan of Arc's. The cheeks are not so bad on Joan, but on Louis, they look terrible. Every time I go there for a wedding or a funeral, the statues distract me.
ReplyDeleteThey were repainted a few years ago, and I hoped that the colors would be toned down a bit, but no. They look even brighter.
I believe that the many garishly painted statues that I've seen in my life put me off wanting any colors for the set. My mother was probably relieved, as it saved her a lot of work. Imagine what a project painting the set would have been.
Your mother made those? Wow!!!
ReplyDeleteI also have a nativity given to me over the years by my parents - but not made by them!
Each year we add another animal or otherwise important creature. After our divorce an old toy Santa from my husband was added because he feared his new wife wouldn't like it and make him bin it (!).
This year the girls took the kings one by one to Santa. The kings sat on Santa's lap and told him what they would like for Christmas.
I wonder if their wishes came true?
Erika, how sweet of your girls. I hope the kings got what they wanted.
ReplyDeleteThe shepherd on the left with his hand extended had an accident, and his fingers broke off. I glued them back and covered the break with a coat of clear nail polish, and, so far, the mend has held together for a good many years.
Susan, I forgot to answer you. Baby Jesus is separate from the manger. He seems disproportionately tiny to me compared to the rest of the figures.
Well, he is a bebe, you know! To me, he looks the right size in the photo.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful group!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice group. By chance I found more people being involved and like to share it with you: Jan Richardson from the painted prayerbook made a collage of the 'wise women [who] also came'. I am quite taken by them. She also has a poem accompanying them -- have a look, I think it is quite something.
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