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halfway there!

the outdoor nativity scene :)
After picking this thing up and repositioning it (and I STILL haven't found what I did with the flood light and holder!), I simply pulled the thing apart and placed it flat on the ground.  Maybe I'll figure out a way to make it stay upright. I really do like this set and its simplicity, but I would like it even more if it would remain face up!

And my indoor nativity set is up. I don't remember if it was the third or fourth year we were married, but this gift shop was going out of business and had everything 60-75% off.  I fell in love with the set, and Bobby surprised me by letting me purchase quite a few pieces.  We've added to it every year.  And since I have it in a different location (meaning a different size table), I can do the layout different almost every year. We've had a year when I didn't put up a tree (and I've half-way jokingly stated that once I become a widow I might not ever put up another tree), but my nativity set ALWAYS goes up.

the wisemen en route

shepherds & sheep
I thought I had more sheep than this, but I guess not. Guess that'll be on our list for the next year or two.

angels
And I seem to remember having five angels (but you know how your memory works once you get old!) One day I might have a real host of angels!
Bethlehem..you are small among the nations, but the promise of salvation is born in you tonight...
sorry that's the first line of one of my favorite songs in our Christmas cantata

the stable

the whole set
Maybe one day I'll put a small (as in 3' and under) Christmas tree up in every room. One will be decorated in red & gold & nativity stuff; one a white tree with Alabama ornaments; one will be pearl & purple; one will be wildlife decorations; one will be a farm tree (that's a different post); and a childhood tree. It's nice to dream, isn't it? The reality is, I do good to put our monster tree up every year.  I love it once it's up, but the thought of the going up process is horrid.  But I now have the stand in place and bottom row of branches (while waiting on these pics to load) so I MIGHT actually get this done before Bobby gets home from work! I mean, I may have to stop and do some ironing! (HA!)
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