Defining a Nativity Collector, a Friend of the Creche
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
Manger on Main Street
The youth cut, sanded, stained and screwed together the plywood pieces.
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
Many Things to Remember
We look forward to our gatherings....
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
What Spurred Your Interest in the Nativity?
Our Parish had a plaster set.
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
YOU LET ANYBODY IN?
Helen Holder July, 2019 Open houses began with friends, expanded to the public on a set day and then to bus tours whenever the ACVB...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Sharing is Fun!
July 2019 Helen Holder It takes me more than 3 weeks to get my display set up. Two couches get boards placed on their arms to make more...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
University of Dayton Collection
The University of Dayton Collection Stay tuned to our Blog posts - Our Friends at the University of Dayton will share with us in the...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Why I love to Display Nativities
30,000 visitor later Neil Allen July, 2019 People often ask me, "WHERE DO YOU KEEP ALL OF THESE?" As if "keeping" them was a big deal. ...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
I Never Meant to Go Overboard
Helen Holder It started in 1968 when I folded an origami nativity, designed by Ligia Montoya in The Secrets of Origami. A SERRV catalog...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
"The Pastor that Hated Christmas"
An awakening at Christmas by Neil Allen When I was grumbling around the house on my "Day Off" from my parish, my wife asked, "Why are you...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
There are Other Collectors?
Friends of the Creche and Creche Herald Surfing on the internet in 1997, I discovered The Creche Herald. I immediately subscribed. That,...
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