FABBY: Nativity and Christmas Tree 2012

Hello sweet ladies!

Here is my small Nativity Andean scene, all snowed up as in the Andean mountains it snows too. I always make it inside the fire place as now the weather is like spring so we won't need it. This is just a fraction of the pieces I have stored in boxes, as when we lived in our huge house, the Nativity was also huge, lol...my little daughters used to love to make rivers, lakes, roads, mountains, you name it..here I don't have a big space so this is it, but my little grands just love to play with the pieces. I'm also posting my Memory Tree I've been collecting the ornies since 1975 when we married and it has so many heirlooms and so many dear ornaments I love. Some of you wanted me to post close ups of it, so I abladged!
Ok, here it is, hope you like it.

Let's have some tea with granola cookies while we enjoy the Nativity scene.

 Here is the Nativity scene inside the fire place and by the Christmas tree. Everything is in our family room.

 This is an Andean village, all the pieces are made of ceramics..as is the custom here and the pieces are all made in Ecuador.

 You can spot in the back an Indigenous woman and her donkey carrying chicken, which is her offerings to Baby Jesus. There are other Indigenous people at left, carrying a sheep, another one in a donkey playing the guitar and singing to the Baby, etc. 

The presents are dummy ones, but I like the look as we place real ones later here as well, at the feet of the Nativity, specially the big ones. 

Cayetana, my 5 year old grand just loves to feed the piggies here, or the chicken and she's  forever rearranging it all, lol..

 Our Christmas tree is filled with ornaments dear to my heart, they contain so much memories of family long gone, friends.. family today, like my mom, aunts, daughters, hubby, and from  trips we've made..and some pieces dating back from 1975, the year we got married. In case you're wondering..the painting of the gentleman, top left; is Alejandro's grandfather, who brought the electricity to this town, in the early 1900's.

 The first close up of the Christmas tree. My grandgirls in the little wreath pic frame.

My best friend Stephanie brought me the patriotic C'mas ball right after Sept. 11th. from her trip to NJ, her hometown..she also lives here. My daughter Sofia when she was three years old, at your right in a small wreath pic frame.

 At the bottom left you can peek on a ceramic cookie made by one of my girls..with a broken arm, hehehe

 The white ornament is made of small sea shells, a present from a dear friend. My daughter Alexandra as a little girl in the wreath frame at your left. A pug-dog ornament to remind us of our beloved pet Benito. The grands at your right.

 The angel was a gift from my Mil to my daughter Alexandra and the porcelain Dutch C'mas ball in white and blue.

 I set a tea table and cookies in front of the Nativity and tree, right here in the family room, where we spend Christmas Eve and day with the family. A dear friend of mine made the holiday pillow for me many years ago.. at your left.

Wishing you and your families a wonderful and blessed Christmas, no matter how big, how many presents we get, or not; that's not the important part of it all. Real Christmas is we are welcoming our SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST's birthdate. The same wishes go for the lovely and gracious hostesses of the fun parties every week.

LOVE,
FABBY


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