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Promotional Tips
By Neil Allen It's plainly obvious that word of mouth advertising of a nativity display is far and way the most impactful form for...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
International Organization
By Rita Bocher As Friends of the Creche is an international organization, I thought some of our members from abroad might tell us what...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Settled Schedule for the Santa Fe Convention
F RI E NDS O F T HE C RÈ C H E T E N T A T IVE 2 0 1 9 C O NVE N T IO N SC HE D U L E THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Early...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Auction Items at Santa Fe
Start your bidding at the Santa Fe Convention. More Photos Coming. Stay Tuned
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
A Nativity in Every Home
Children learn through their hands.
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Attending A Friends of the Creche Convention
What is a Friends of the Creche Convention?
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Auction Items
By Neil Allen (Board Request) 2019 FOTC Sante Fe Convention Silent Auction FOTC convention attendees, As is our tradition, a silent...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 4 min
Found on the street: An Abstract Nativity Project
I asked myself, "Wouldn't it be fun to build a nativity from found items?"
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Defining a Nativity Collector, a Friend of the Creche
The Nativity for those driven collectors this is about peace.
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Baby Jesus Brought Me to Bethlehem part 2
Following Christmas of 1964, I returned to the Smith College campus and found that all Christmas items in the gift shop were half price.
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Baby Jesus Brought Me to Bethlehem
Every year my two cousins and I would take our nickels, dimes and quarters to the Woolworth Store and argue over whether to purchase a new s
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Silent Auction
By Michael Whalen Always a challenge what to bring to the silent auctions at our conventions. Most of us are always on the prowl for some...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Hope Found in the Nativity
Linda Butti shares a very personal story of hope found in a nativity Christmas, the time for the Nativity to come out in most homes. In...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Missing pieces
By Neil Allen The problem with collecting anything with more than one piece is the inevitable missing piece(s) problem. A trip to the...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Be Careful what you agree to
By Helen Holder This is a nativity set adapted from a Better Homes and Gardens pattern that my husband and I made many, many years ago....
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Memory of Righteousness Will Be a Blessing
He came in the door with an old wooden box...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Manger on Main Street
The youth cut, sanded, stained and screwed together the plywood pieces.
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
30,000 Individual Pieces
Our Marian Library at the University of Dayton crèche collection has over 3,600 nativities. This figures to be well over 30,000...
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Visiting Other Collections
Over in the corner sat a piece I had been shown in picture form.
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Neil Allen
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Many Things to Remember
We look forward to our gatherings....
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