Mom (1933~2010) owned two Mangers, both given to her by her younger twin brothers, my uncles, Helmut (1940~1994) and Adi (1940~2004), from Germany. Since mom purchased her home (1986) here in Southern California, she would always have two Christmas trees, one in the living room and one in the family room, each Manger would be next to each Christmas tree. I don't have the room for two trees in my home, so I put one Manger in my living room where our Christmas tree is and the other smaller Manger (bottom photo in collage) in my family room.
Emma put the snowman puzzle together and then glued it to a piece of cardboard and created an artful border around the puzzle. These Mangers are very special to me now for so many reasons and that they are from Germany and from my uncles to my mom . . . who all are no longer with us.
~ Happy Holidays! ~
You are lucky indeed to have 2 mangers! They are the very best Christmas decoration, aren't they? The reason for the season. Thanks for sharing yours. They are lovely.
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