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I’m a Fan of Our Manger

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This is our Christmas manger, made from odds and ends. It started out with salt dough figurines which I dressed in meaningful scraps, like a piece of leather from a jacket an aunt gave me, an embossed hair ornament I bought when I was 15 in the South of France, a handkerchief which was a present from a friend, and so on but then there were things added which I found in the souqs of Saudi Arabia. Then the children added animals they found and decorated with shiny bits and pieces.

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But will the cat leave it alone?

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We didn’t have a nativity set when I grew up but in Saudi I came upon this strange little house made of the hard middle part of palm fronds (I never knew what its original purpose was) and I decided to make a manger scene myself.  First I made the figures out of salt dough, and then I clad them in fabrics which held memories (Mary wears a handkerchief which was given to me by a friend as a parting gift, Joseph is clad in leather which was a hair ornament from France, and so on).  The children then added animals from their toy sets (which explains the zebra to the right).

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Every year a few things were added, little trinkets I found in the souqs, and particularly for the spendour of the three wise men I had to resort to items from haberdashery shops.   It has been in storage for the last years but this year I might bring them all out.  Our grandson will be with us for Christmas Eve.

Linked to A Photo a Week: Christmas memories.

X marks the spot

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Those skis might not be much good on a piste anymore but they make great decorations.

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Another wooden X – it is the top of a birdhouse made of the thick part of palm fronds, currently used as the centre piece of a small nativity scene.

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X marks the spot – in this case, the very spot were covenanters were hanged for their protestant faith in Edinburgh’s grassmarket area in the 17th century.  The memorial features a red version of the St Andrew’s cross.

Cee’s alphabet quest has reached the letter X.  Other photographers interpretations of X (in word or picture) can be found here: