This Nativity is from Olot, a city in Catalonia, Spain. It was made from a wood paste by the El Sant
This Nativity is from Olot, a city in Catalonia, Spain. It was made from a wood paste by the El Santo Cristo workshop, which operated from 1939 to 1950. The set was owned for many years by a family in New York City, and was donated to Glencairn Museum in 2017. According to the donor, “The Nativity has been in our family for 50 years. It was the second Nativity for us and the one we treasured the most. I was raised in an Italian Catholic home where family, traditions and holidays were foremost. On Christmas morning we placed Jesus in the manger. Every day leading up to the Epiphany we moved the Wise Men closer. As a child, I remember looking at the Nativity and thinking it was so big! We were told to be careful around it because it was delicate and special to my mother. Many friends would comment on its beauty. This made my mother smile.”Glencairn’s ”World Nativities" exhibition presents dozens of three-dimensional Nativity scenes collected from around the world. The “Christmas in the Castle” tour reveals how the holiday was celebrated in Glencairn when it was the private home of the Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family (1940s to 1970s). http://ow.ly/hM8E30mEHLB -- source link
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