Kurt Adler Wooden Nativity Advent Calendar with 24 Magnetic Figures


Kurt Adler Wooden Nativity Advent Calendar with 24 Magnetic Figures by Kurt Adler

List Price: $85.00
Price: $68.30
You Save: $16.70 (20%)
          Features:
  • Wood construction with lovely nighttime sky color scheme
  • Measures 14-1/4 inches high by 17-1/4 inches wide
  • Nativity Advent calendar includes 24 magnetic figures
  • Display on wall or tabletop

16.75X14.25"WOODEN NATIVITY 25PC ADVENT CALENDAR SET W/24 MAGNETIC FIGURES. Read more...

Children can design their own nativity scene over the course of the month with this handsome advent calendar by Kurt Adler. Crafted of wood and painted in a nighttime sky color scheme, the handsome piece features 24 doors around an empty manger. The magnetic character behind each door may be placed in the center to help fill out the scene as the days lead up to Christmas. The calendar measures 14-1/4 inches high by 17-1/4 inches wide and can be displayed on a wall or tabletop. --Kara Karll Read more...

Christmas Outdoor Nativity Set - Yard Nativity Scene


Christmas Outdoor Nativity Set - Yard Nativity Scene by Teak Isle

List Price: $171.20
          Features:
  • New for 2011 season - additional staking kit allows set to stand up to any inclement weather
  • Beautiful silhouette style outdoor nativity set that complements any yard without looking overly commercial
  • Marine grade plastic designed to withstand marine environment cannot rot or delaminate
  • Entire set can break down to store in compact box or area 43" x 29" x 2"

Beautiful silhouette style outdoor nativity set that complements any yard without looking overly commercial. These nativity scenes are constructed of ½" marine grade white PVC sheet that can not delaminate and never needs painting. This eight piece set comes broken down for easy shipment and storage and measures 46" wide x 50" tall x 22" deep when assembled. Simple 30 second slide together assembly requires no screws or fasteners. Instructions are included but likely will not be needed as the set slides together very easily and intuitively. The entire set weighs less than 20 lbs making setup and breakdown handling quick and painless. An outdoor nativity scene has always been a great decoration for the Christmas holidays, however in the past it has been a bulky item and a pain to store for the other 11 months. Not anymore! New compact storage design allows the nativity set to store in a box or area as small as 45" x 30" x 3". Show off the reason for the season with this classic outdoor nativity set. Read more...

Melissa & Doug Nativity Set


Melissa & Doug Nativity Set by Melissa & Doug

List Price: $29.98
Price: $23.03
You Save: $6.95 (23%)
          Features:
  • Exceptional quality and value
  • Create a treasured family tradition for the Holiday
  • The four-piece stable is easy to assemble
  • A Christmas story is included on the package

This child-friendly, wooden nativity set provides a “please touch” holiday experience. The four-piece stable is easy to assemble and the 11 figures encourage your child to re-enact the events of that Christmas Day long ago. A retelling of the Christmas story is included on the package to help create a treasured family tradition for the holiday. Read more...

Kurt Adler J3764 Hand-Carved Wooden 12-Piece Child's First Nativity Set, 10-1/2-Inch


Kurt Adler J3764 Hand-Carved Wooden 12-Piece Child's First Nativity Set, 10-1/2-Inch by Kurt Adler

List Price: $72.00
Price: $47.90
You Save: $24.10 (33%)
          Features:
  • Designed for tabletop use
  • Figures measure approximately 3-1/2 inches high; stable measures approximately 5-1/2 inches high
  • Child's 1st nativity
  • 12-Piece nativity set

This 10-1/2-inch nativity set is the perfect way to teach a child the true meaning of Christmas. This 12-piece set includes the Holy family, the three kings, an Angel, a shepherd, the stable and farm animals. Read more...

Give little ones a hands-on experience as they learn the story of Jesus' birth with Kurt Adler's Child's First Nativity set. Featuring 12 hand-carved wooden pieces, the set is designed to appeal to young imaginations with easy-grasp rounded shapes, vivid colors, and sweet facial expressions. Leave this set on a table or near the Christmas tree for enjoyment and exploration all season long. The figures measure approximately 3-1/2 inches high and the stable measures approximately 5-1/2 inches high. Lead-free paint. --Kara Karll Read more...

Sign Of The Times: A Minimal Nativity Scene For A More Secular Xmas
Co.Design - Oct 14, 2011
Sign Of The Times: A Minimal Nativity Scene For A More Secular Xmas

Set these blocks up just right, and you have yourself a bona fide nativity scene. The box transforms into a manger, and the set's wooden divider becomes a minimalistic Star of Bethlehem. “[The Color Nativity] is essentially an experiment to see if the


Taking a twist on nativity scene
Canon City Daily Record - Oct 10, 2011

Jeremy Blatnick, 17, chose to restore the wooden scene for his Eagle Scout project. "The Rotary Club directed me toward this for my project," he said. When he started the project, the paint on the scene had peeled almost completely off and the wood of


Christmas markets in LutherCountry: the real deal
Breaking Travel News - Sep 26, 2011

Guarded by the towering cathedral, more than 200 wooden stalls fill the vast Domplatz (Cathedral Square). Highlights include the nativity scene, with 14 near life-size, hand-carved figures, a traditional tall wooden pyramid and the 80-foot Christmas


Abercrombie & Kent - European Christmas Markets
e-Travel Blackboard (press release) - Oct 16, 186

There are stalls bursting with colourful Christmas goodies: sweet treats for youngsters, baubles, lights, and counters stacked high with brightly coloured toys and the famous Nativity scene. Further north, Christmas time in Milan around the feast of


Strange but true tales from Chicago

05.07.11

Truth is stranger than fiction, and it is certainly true in Chicago. Here are some son Strange, but true local.

Cold as ice

A bitter night in February 1951, South Side resident Dorothy Mae Anderson Stevens, 22, fell into an alley, drunk on whiskey. She was found there, frozen, his body temperature to 64 degrees and his pulse 12. Pronounced dead, she was sent to the morgue of the city. A label was attached to toe, but a worker does not put him in the freezer immediately, choosing instead to make a lunch break.

Source: SouthtownStar

The Christmas Messenger The Christmas Messenger

Creator: Shelley Wood | Fiction - 2009-09-30

"This nativity scene and the Christmas hymns create such a quiescent and ... Kristen tried to keep her from the nativity scene, but eventually gave up. ...
About this book
"The Christmas Messenger" is about an ICU nurse, Kristen Mathews, who's struggling with her own beliefs, her single life and the real meaning of Christmas. Among her patients is a critically ill woman, Emma, whose career as a young life-flight nurse ended because of a drunk driver, who crashed into her...

Adoration [not really] « Xi'an's Og

by xi'an

, A 2009 movie by Atom Egoyan. I simply disliked the movie from A to Z! The whole idea to have a constant questioning of what is real and what is fantasy has been used many times in movies ( Vertigo is one great example), the role of discussion forums also is far from innovative, and the movie does not present any realistic side to relate to. The actors are far from terrific and the way they relate to one another is formal and artificial. The title stands for a wooden nativity scene involving the magii’s adoration that is somehow central to...

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