I have one of the 12" Fontanini composition Old Lady figures for sale. She is MINT/NEAR MINT and VERY RARE! Only 3 are known to exist, including this one. 2...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 1, 2004 5:02 pm
VANCOUVER, Washington -- Without precise organization, the Festival of Nativities could go from the serenity of "Away in a Manger" to something less than a...
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joshua pace
realitalianp...
Dec 2, 2004 1:55 pm
How much do you want for her John? Thanks! John <nickolausj@...> wrote: I have one of the 12" Fontanini composition Old Lady figures for sale. She is...
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christmas_un...
Dec 3, 2004 12:18 am
MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- The Younger Foundation Creche Collection and Bethlehem Tree, fast becoming a Yuletide tradition in Memphis, will be on view in the...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 3, 2004 12:55 am
WHITEHALL, Pennsylvania -- The Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God will hold their second Advent creche display Friday and Saturday. Held in the...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 3, 2004 1:15 am
QUINCY, Mass. - Authorities have a simple message for the season- spoiling punks who snatched the baby Jesus from the Nativity scene next to city hall: Just...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 3, 2004 2:49 am
BANGOR - Though each features Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the more than 300 creches that will be on display at the Church of Latter-day Saints this weekend have...
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hopewsew@...
hopewsew
Dec 3, 2004 1:30 pm
Organizers have completed setting up the Second Annual "No Room At The Inn" in Springfield Illinois. There are 580 nativities from 88 countries on display....
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John
nickolausj
Dec 3, 2004 3:12 pm
I am searching for the Gloria Angel in blue for the old composition Fontanini 7.5" set. Does anyone have one they would consider selling???? John ...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 5, 2004 5:15 am
NAPLES, Italy -- Christmas has never tasted this good. Thirty-two pastry chefs in the southern Italian city of Naples unveiled on Saturday what they say is the...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 6, 2004 7:18 pm
Algona creche made by POWs still awes area visitors ALGONA, Iowa — Fort Dodge residents Cathy and Ernie Jones made the trek up U.S. Highway 169 on Sunday to...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 8, 2004 5:20 pm
LONDON -- Church leaders united Wednesday to condemn a Christmas nativity tableau depicting soccer star David Beckham as Joseph and his pop singer wife...
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John Nickolaus
nickolausj
Dec 8, 2004 5:43 pm
Seriously, I think that people need to lighten up a bit. I saw a photo of the "celebrity" nativity scene, and found it actually somewhat amusing. The only ...
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fiddlingfamily
Dec 8, 2004 8:17 pm
John, I have to agree that depicting nativity scenes with teddy bears, etc., could be considered just as degrading as people who have questionable character....
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John Nickolaus
nickolausj
Dec 8, 2004 8:51 pm
Noted. But we all have people whose character we question. For some, it's David Beckham and his wife, for me it's "W". You may be bothered by a former Spice...
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John
nickolausj
Dec 8, 2004 9:21 pm
In light of the scandal at Madame Tussaudss museum in London, I began thinking about who I would cast in a star studded movie about the Birth of Christ. Here's...
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hopewsew@...
hopewsew
Dec 9, 2004 12:30 pm
Lets not forget that throughout the last 2000 years, artists have nearly always used models for their paintings, sculpture, etc. Sometimes the artists patrons...
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John Nickolaus
nickolausj
Dec 9, 2004 2:43 pm
Very good point. In many cases, artists such as Raffaello Sanzio, more commonly refered to as simply "Raphael", used the same model for several paintings. In...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 9, 2004 8:15 pm
PALO ALTO, California -- About 500 nativities from 65 countries around the world will be on display this week in Palo Alto during the 17th Annual Christmas...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 10, 2004 2:35 pm
PAMPA, Texas -- Christmas came early in Pampa. On Dec. 3, spotlights at Burdette Park revealed the return of the city's epic Nativity display, based on wooden...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 10, 2004 8:40 pm
NORTH WILDWOOD, New Jersey -— There are 88 little "people" living in Norma Gregorio's window. They are part of her "Presepio." "Please don't call it a...
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christmas_un...
Dec 10, 2004 11:43 pm
Meredith Corporation, and Roman, Inc., announced a licensing agreement today for a branded line of Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Decorations and Gifts for...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 12, 2004 3:17 pm
Getting kidnapped a few times was probably good for the baby Jesus, because at least it kept him out of the rain and snow. The rest of the figures could have...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 12, 2004 3:27 pm
This man needs some ideas. But a look at nativity scenes in most towns tells you that people need to get on the internet before they begin to build a manger...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 13, 2004 1:02 am
(NOTE from Bill: The following story states that St. Francis used "real people" in his Nativity scene. Very dourbtful. His two biographers, Thomas of Celano...
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smritt
Dec 14, 2004 1:56 pm
I need to replace a Euromarchi "Mary". Any ideas on where to aquire one? Thanks....
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smritt
Dec 14, 2004 5:22 pm
I am missing Mary from my Euromarchi Nativity Set. From pictures on the Euromachi board she is number 102, however it says 130/1 on the bottom of her. Does...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 15, 2004 1:48 am
80-year-old 18-piece display is readied for showing PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- Jesus, Mary and Joseph were covered in dust and dirt and trailed straw and...
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christmas_university
christmas_un...
Dec 15, 2004 2:05 am
Frank keeps track of Euromarchi and I see you're in his group. In the pre-Christmas rush, he may not be checking his group every day. You can contact him...
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ksfff
Dec 17, 2004 8:41 pm
as every year I uploaded some pics of my Nativity this year in folder 'felix' Regards to everybody...
