:. manger people .:

Finally got the house decorated for Christmas last week. Of course the Nativity set is the most important element at our house (Jesus IS the reason for the season, after all). Ours certainly isn't fancy, but it's served well ever since the girls were little. They spent many an hour playing with the figures; we even saw the demise of the angel 'Maranatha'.

My little boys love the Nativity as well . . . they always ask if they can play with "the manger people". Well, of COURSE they can! That's the whole point of Christmas, that God came down to be accessible to His children.

So, here's what the manger looks like after they've spent the afternoon at my house:

(Those are "Santa Claus logs in the fireplace".)

So, what happened to the 'manger people'? Looks like they just went out for a little drive. (And yes, that's Baby Jesus driving the steam shovel.)

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched - this we proclaim concerning the Word of life."

1 John 1:1