Perhaps you were unaware of our 100% volunteer Organization status. Friends of the Creche depends on all of them. Perhaps the most...

Dear Friends of the Creche Membership And just when it all looked good…BAM…another wave of Covid-19, this one more ambitious than the...

Usually when you start a story about collecting nativities one starts at the beginning. However, Covid-19 has caused us all to start with...

Here's a great idea from Kathleen Conrad November 21, 2021 from 1:00-4:00 PM- A Make and Take Tour of the Bethlehem Cave and Nativity...

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 20021 Important information about the Portland Oregon Convention. Here's the link: Neil neilwallen@frontier.com is...

Michelle Devitt Here’s an idea….. Many FOTC members are asking themselves ‘what will I do with my collection’? I have laid awake at night...

#25. The Bannner is really cool. The Allens sent their daughter to Art School for this! #24 You will see rare nativities! #23. You will...

Neil Allen - Webmaster This “Nativity” (hardly that) was purchased at Ikea a few years ago with the idea that someone would see it and...

Without a doubt the Covid-19 reality has dramatically impacted business throughout the world. Even major chains like the Radisson have...

Benito Santivan ̃ez began setting his amazing Spanish style villages up in two different churches many years ago, never missing....until...

I needed some air dry clay to repair damage to a cheap nativity figure. I didn’t need much but the only package of clay was big. Lots...

Good news is on the near horizon. Governor Brown has said she will likely open the state up in the coming weeks. Currently Multnomah...

The Friends of the Creche Board met on May 6, 2021 via zoom. There was lots of ground covered, and much of it centered around the...

At an early age I dabbled in learning how to crochet, being taught by my mother. But for many years I put that skill behind me. A...

Phillip Garding recently did our very first presentation on how to catalogue your nativities: I asked the participants to respond to a...

Dare County Arts Council, in North Carolina's Outer Banks, has hosted a two month solo exhibit of my art “Heavenly Host”. It includes...

Creche Collection Catalog I like lists. As a teenager I started a list of every book I read for seven years. It was inevitable that when...

Rita Bocher In 2021 the Friends of the Creche Organization will celebrate 20 years of gatherings. What you may not know is the Creche...

The following are photos and a video of an attempt at a Nacimiento scene that I have put up yearly in the garage. I reside in Southern...

Interview with Cindy Angelich - Neil Allen reporting Neil: I was excited to receive the news about the Upper Room collection moving to...