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Celebrating Betsy Christenson
Neil Allen
  • Apr 11
  • 4 min

Celebrating Betsy Christenson

When I first met Betsy Christenson I thought she was a one of a kind collector. However, since editing this page and writing blogs, I...
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How Can You Help Friends of the Creche?
Neil Allen
  • Apr 4
  • 2 min

How Can You Help Friends of the Creche?

Our FOTC board met in April and, as expected, one of the business items from a 2 year Covid-19/no in-person convention-annual meeting...
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Susan Duke Waters "O Holy Night" art to be featured at FOTC Fall meeting.
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

Susan Duke Waters "O Holy Night" art to be featured at FOTC Fall meeting.

The poster Susan Duke Waters printed for her latest exhibit of "Oh Holy Night" shows the amazing detail of her stunning "life size" wire...
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Friends of the Creche Goes Digital
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 2 min

Friends of the Creche Goes Digital

Catchy title - but not exactly the truth - Friends of the Creche has been digital for many years. Facebook, email, Webpages have been...
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Least Expected Nativity Display
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

Least Expected Nativity Display

If you don't know Helen (FOTC Secretary) and Bill Holder (Nativity enabler) you may not know something rather important about her...
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Brian and Suzanne Smith (NYC) share a few pics from their collection
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 0 min

Brian and Suzanne Smith (NYC) share a few pics from their collection

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Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 0 min

Our Friends at Mary and Joseph Retreat Center Sent a Powerpoint.

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Father Roten (Distinguished Member of FOTC) to speak this Friday via zoom
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

Father Roten (Distinguished Member of FOTC) to speak this Friday via zoom

Forwarded Message First Name: Gloria Last Name: Dodd Email: gdodd1@udayton.edu Subject: Invitation to Fr. Roten's talk on Creches on Dec....
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2023 Convention Announcement
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

2023 Convention Announcement

Fasten your seatbelts. This is going to be FANTASTIC.
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2022 Annual Meeting Announcement: Moore Methodist Museum, November 12
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

2022 Annual Meeting Announcement: Moore Methodist Museum, November 12

The 2022 annual meeting will be held on St. Simons Island, Georgia at the Moore Methodist Museum/Epworth by the Sea on November 12. The...
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Help us Celebrate our 20th Year    via Zoom
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

Help us Celebrate our 20th Year via Zoom

November 6th - 9 a.m. Pacific Time, 10 a.m. Mountain Time, 11 a.m. Central and Noon Eastern. The link will open 30 minutes prior to the...
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Rwanda shepherds
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

Rwanda shepherds

This is a picture of one of the shepherds, hand carved in wood from my Rwanda crèche. I wondered what the pointy thing was sticking up...
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What Time is it?
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

What Time is it?

What time is it? Look closely at this clock made by Harry Mushenheim. He had an old battery operated clock mechanism and his wife, Ceal,...
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Volunteers Behind the Scene
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 3 min

Volunteers Behind the Scene

Perhaps you were unaware of our 100% volunteer Organization status. Friends of the Creche depends on all of them. Perhaps the most...
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Portland, Oregon Convention Moves From In-Person to On-line
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 2 min

Portland, Oregon Convention Moves From In-Person to On-line

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...
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My Nativity Story: Neil Allen (Webmaster)
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 2 min

My Nativity Story: Neil Allen (Webmaster)

Usually when you start a story about collecting nativities one starts at the beginning. However, Covid-19 has caused us all to start with...
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Make and Take Set for November
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

Make and Take Set for November

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...
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JOIN US ON ZOOM
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

JOIN US ON ZOOM

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 20021 Important information about the Portland Oregon Convention. Here's the link: Neil neilwallen@frontier.com is...
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What Am I Going to Do With All My Sets?
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 1 min

What Am I Going to Do With All My Sets?

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...
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Why you should attend the 2021 FOTC Convention
Neil Allen
  • Mar 15
  • 3 min

Why you should attend the 2021 FOTC Convention

#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...
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