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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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
The Naked Truth
Neil Allen - Webmaster This “Nativity” (hardly that) was purchased at Ikea a few years ago with the idea that someone would see it and...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Radisson Red Hotel (Portland) Sold
Without a doubt the Covid-19 reality has dramatically impacted business throughout the world. Even major chains like the Radisson have...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Benito Santivan ̃ez' Unique Village
Benito Santivan ̃ez began setting his amazing Spanish style villages up in two different churches many years ago, never missing....until...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Helen's Puppets
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...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20223 min read
Portland, Oregon Convention Update: May 23, 2021
Good news is on the near horizon. Governor Brown has said she will likely open the state up in the coming weeks. Currently Multnomah...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20225 min read
FOTC Board Actions: Portland Oregon Convention Rough Schedule.
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...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20222 min read
My Nativity Story: Charles Hull
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...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20223 min read
My Nativity Story: A Letter of Appreciation - Judith Harriman
Phillip Garding recently did our very first presentation on how to catalogue your nativities: I asked the participants to respond to a...
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Mar 15, 20221 min read
My Nativity: Vickie Jo Franks
Dare County Arts Council, in North Carolina's Outer Banks, has hosted a two month solo exhibit of my art “Heavenly Host”. It includes...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20226 min read
My Nativity Story: Phillip Garding (cataloging your collection)
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...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Original Members of FOTC
Rita Bocher In 2021 the Friends of the Creche Organization will celebrate 20 years of gatherings. What you may not know is the Creche...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20222 min read
My Nativity Story: John Donnely
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...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Moore Methodist Museum inherits the Upper Room Nativities!
Interview with Cindy Angelich - Neil Allen reporting Neil: I was excited to receive the news about the Upper Room collection moving to...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20222 min read
The Orphan Box
When you start collecting a large number of nativities (more than 50 sets) it will happen soon enough - pieces will go missing. Last...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20222 min read
My Nativity Story: James Johnston
My first recollection of seeing a nativity scene, was as a very young child in the Corpus Christi Cathedral. My Mother took me to see...
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Mar 15, 20223 min read
My Nativity Story: Michele Devitt
I received my first nativity while in college; my parents sent a set from Hawaii where I was raised. It has a coconut hut stable and all...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Nativity Pandemic Effect : Helen Holder
Who would have thought it would be hard to set up fewer sets than the 950 I usually set up? Just like most of 2020 there was a lot of...
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Mar 15, 20221 min read
My Nativity Story: Janice McDowell
I had always loved Nativities. One of these images is the ceramic ornaments we put on our tree when I was a child. I always begged to...
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Neil Allen
Mar 15, 20221 min read
My Nativity Story: Hans Neiderstrasser
It is our family collection for over 70 years. 95% of the figures are from Mexico, and the rest are from Brazil and France. On my wife's...
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