Lost Treasures
My husband alerted me to sad news in early June 2024. St. Anne’s Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada burned down. We both almost cried,...
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Neil Allen
Jun 152 min read
Margo Dixon Passing
Margo Dixon was chair of the 2017 Convention in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Through her "love for babies" (her words) she enmassed a...
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Phil Garding
May 152 min read
New Benefits to Being a Member
Paid members of Friends of the Creche are in a for a treat! We have added a bunch of new benefits on our web site that are available...
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Neil Allen
May 82 min read
May the Fourth Be Nativity
May 4, 2024 marked a new direction for our historic Friends of the Creche. (Set featured about is from the Garding Collection -...
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Neil Allen
May 61 min read
Our LA Annual Meeting
November 1 &2, 2024 will be held at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verde. There is much to see and do, so watch this...
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Neil Allen
Mar 272 min read
Creche Herald: Volume 1, No.!: Spring 1997
A Creche Signifies a New Beginning As a Child I attended the summer religious school run by our local church. When I was in about third...
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Neil Allen
Mar 231 min read
Save the Date - May 4 - Friends of the Creche goes Digital!
Join us for a great new era in our Nativity Community with our first ever "Nativities with Friends: an Online Gathering" event where FOTC...
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Neil Allen
Jan 112 min read
The Elusive "barro negro" Nativity
Having grown up in central Mexico, I was familiar with the artisan styles of the region. However many years later, I had the opportunity...
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Neil Allen
Jan 72 min read
D. C. Convention Highlights
There were many firsts: This was our first December gathering of the Friends of the Creche, the first Washington, D.C. Convention, the...
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Neil Allen
Jan 51 min read
A Cocho Nativity
Tom and I had taken a ferry from Buenos Aires in 2012 to visit Colonia, Uruguay’s first capitol. Wandering through the old section of...
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Phil Garding
Dec 24, 20231 min read
Argentina, Czech Republic & Peru Nativities
Take a virtual trip to Midway, Utah to see three favorite nativity sets from the collection of Diane & Phil Garding on display at Zenger...
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Phil Garding
Dec 21, 20231 min read
Nativities of Curious Materials
Everyone is familiar with nativities made of wood, pottery, or stone. But nativity collectors are very familiar with the incredible...
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Phil Garding
Dec 17, 20231 min read
Take a Walk through Russian Nativities
We have had a wonderful opportunity to display some of our nativity collection as part of the Zenger & Friends nativity display at Holly...
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Neil Allen
Dec 1, 20232 min read
Write a Blog Post for Us
A blog is information for a website often written in a diary-style entry. To write a blog about one of your nativities here are a few...
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michele2swim
Nov 22, 20231 min read
Miniature Metal Mangers
All of these miniatures are made of metal. The square silver piece is a poured mass produced nativity with the Holy Family and an ox and...
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michele2swim
Nov 9, 20232 min read
More miniatures...
I mentioned in a previous blog that I would share more miniature nativities. Sometimes we don't realize how hard it is to make tiny...
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Neil Allen
Oct 2, 20231 min read
From our FoTC President
I was notified today of the death of Alberto Finizio He is the current Vice President of Um Foe Prae and the President of the Italian...
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Neil Allen
Sep 29, 20234 min read
Your Convention Schedule
Did you know you can find your Friends of the Creche Schedule online? Entering the "Register Now" portal does not atomically register...
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