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...

I started collecting in 1951. I was give a wonderful Baby Jesus and then started the endless search for figures to enhance the telling...

Margo Dixon shares her love of angles. 'Tis the season when the Angel Tree at the Met in NYC is usually set up. Seeing it being placed in...

Thanks to the Mower County Historical Society for making this Facebook live video also available on YouTube. Note to self: People can...

Carol Waldo writes: This year I had the idea to drop an anonymous Christmas card at the door of people who display a nativity in their...

Following up on a previous conversation about how Covid-19 has affected displays open to the public, our board members responded. ith...

(Made by the Children's Sunday school Class) It’s been more than 20 years now, but I can still see the little girl that stood in awe...

Here's just one of the many positive notes from our membership regarding the 2020 first Annual Meeting via zoom. This note from a long...

After the devastating fire that totally destroyed one of the collections we had planned to use at the Portland Convention next year, Sue...

17 members of the board were present. Marguerite Sullivan was welcomed as a new member 2.    A committee was formed to look at revising...

An Important Conversation Me (Neil Allen Webmaster FOTC) : Hey, some day I want to do a blog on our Friends of the Creche page about your...

I found a lady who lives in Scotland who makes nativity sets customized with family tartans. I wrote to her and said I wanted a set...

Perhaps you wonder (I always did) about our Friends of the Creche Organization? How it came to be (I knew most of it), or what a Board...

Rev. A.J. Beavers Using Family Nativity Sets in the Time of the Scattered Church While the coronavirus will mean that there won’t be...

November 1, 2020 Happy Fall one and all, I hope this finds you well.much has happened over these last few months - even if we have been...

By Neil Allen. Talking with a new nativity friend the other day we were speaking about a very carefully collected set that took years and...

Sneak peak at one of the many sets to be share electronically with Friends of the Creche on November 21st at 1 p.m. EST. This unique...

by Neil Allen A recent conversation among our board members about the state of the nativity markets prompted a lively discussion. With a...

Germany By Michelle Devitt Miniatures have always fascinated me because of the delicate nature of their size. Seeing miniscule nativites,...

Recently, Rita was contacted by a society of Creche lovers in Spain to do a presentation for their organization from the archive files as...