![]() ![]() I know it’s not for everyone, but it’s a new option for people,” she says. And yes, every year, people send Earl that same meme from 2020. It is currently a featured product on Etsy. Three years ago, the home store West Elm picked up the set as part of its local artists program. The piece, constructed of textured glass and mirrors, was a hit. You can let your mind recognize it instead.” I love that you can know what it’s depicting without those specifics. “So as it evolved, it became a series of shapes that were a resemblance of the scene. “I didn’t want the piece to be made up of actual human figures,” she said. ![]() She filled up pages and pages with sketches, tweaking shapes here, considering color and texture there. There are nativities made with real gold, frankincense and myrrh, Disney nativities, and nativities so fine they serve as art museum centerpieces. Now, during the Christmas season, one can barely drive to the grocery store without seeing a nativity of some sort, set up in glowing plastic on a front yard or staged by nonplussed children outside of a church. But, like Photoshopping an absent aunt into a family portrait, a little revision makes for a more symbolic whole. The roster isn’t biblically accurate, as the three kings canonically arrived on the scene much later. The tableaus feature Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus, as well as some assortment of the three wise men, shepherds and various adoring livestock. Over the centuries, nativity scenes or crèches became an art that could be easily adapted to different cultures and styles, both simple and otherwise. Living up to his name as the patron saint of animals, Francis reportedly did it up big: With the permission of the pope at the time, he gathered some animals in a cave, invited villagers to take a look and preached the story of the birth of Jesus. The first known recreation of the Nativity, or the event of Jesus’ birth, is credited to St. ![]()
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