{"id":1156,"date":"2009-12-23T08:16:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T13:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2015-12-27T13:51:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:51:57","slug":"christmas-creche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/christmas-creche\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Creche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nativity scene is a way to visually recall the Christmas story and why we celebrate Christmas afterall. I thought this one was unusually interesting in that it is <a title=\"Fine &amp; Folk Art of Chritmas by Adelle Banks, WP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/18\/AR2009121804026.html\" target=\"_blank\">carved out of one piece of wood<\/a>. Clicking on this link gives you a little history behind the Nativity scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/nativityscene.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1157\" title=\"Nativity Scene, James Govan Collection. Photo by Michael Williamson.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/nativityscene.jpg\" alt=\"Nativity Scene, James Govan Collection. Photo by Michael Williamson.\" width=\"499\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/nativityscene.jpg 1608w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/nativityscene-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was another interesting Old World Style one:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/34331n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1158\" title=\"Christmas Creche @Dorland Antiques via RubyLaneShops.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/34331n.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Creche @Dorland Antiques via RubyLaneShops\" width=\"399\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/34331n.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/34331n-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We usually put one up every year and like its meaningful message lends simple pleasure to our Christmas decor. Ours is made of terracotta and in the style of South American Santos figurines. It was given to us by my father-in-law, who is an Episcopal priest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/creche0049_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1160\" title=\"Christmas Creche. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\/ArtIsEverywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/creche0049_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Creche. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\/ArtIsEverywhere blog\" width=\"430\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/creche0049_blog.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/creche0049_blog-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, when I had time on my hands I guess, I needle pointed our custom Christmas stockings below and those are handmade tiles in the backgound around the fireplace. In this <a title=\"Previous post on Looking Back\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=768\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> you&#8217;ll see a previous post with these tiles and a tribute to my art teacher(s). Sadly, Carolyn Boone passed away recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/stockings0053_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1161\" title=\"Christmas Stockings. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\/ ArtIsEverywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/stockings0053_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Stockings. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer\/ ArtIsEverywhere blog\" width=\"430\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/stockings0053_blog.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/stockings0053_blog-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Another great patron and arts supporter has also passed away, <a title=\"Eveyln Nef obituary, Washington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/15\/AR2009121504812.html\" target=\"_blank\">Evelyn Nef<\/a>. She had the only Chagall mosaic in her backyard in Georgetown. It was a known landmark. She&#8217;s bequeathed it to the National Gallery. That&#8217;s great. She has left us all something to see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/ph2009121504815.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1163\" title=\"Evelyn Nef with Chagall Mosaic. Photo Sarah L. Voisin\/the Washington Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/ph2009121504815.jpg\" alt=\"Evelyn Nef with Chagall Mosaic. Photo Sarah L. Voisin\/the Washington Post\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ph2009121504815.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ph2009121504815-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nativity scene is a way to visually recall the Christmas story and why we celebrate Christmas afterall. I thought this one was unusually interesting in that it is carved out of one piece of wood. Clicking on this link gives you a little history behind the Nativity scene. This was another interesting Old World Style one: We usually put one up every year and like its meaningful message lends simple pleasure to our Christmas decor. Ours is made of terracotta and in the style of South American Santos figurines. It was given to us by my father-in-law, who is an Episcopal priest. Back in the day, when I had time on my hands I guess, I needle pointed our custom Christmas stockings below and those are handmade tiles in the backgound around the fireplace. In this link you&#8217;ll see a previous post with these tiles and a tribute to my art teacher(s). Sadly, Carolyn Boone passed away recently. Another great patron and arts supporter has also passed away, Evelyn Nef. She had the only Chagall mosaic in her backyard in Georgetown. It was a known landmark. She&#8217;s bequeathed it to the National Gallery. That&#8217;s great. She has left us all something to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,72,63,90,585,47,22,1],"tags":[194,396,944,952,953,945,948,946,947],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrations-and-all-including-sad-events","category-culture","category-everyday","category-family","category-functional-art","category-music","category-new-orleans","category-uncategorized","tag-chagall","tag-christmas","tag-creche","tag-evelyn-nef","tag-mosaic","tag-nativity","tag-needlepoint","tag-santos","tag-stockings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christmas Creche<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A beautiful Christmas Creche on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/christmas-creche\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christmas Creche\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A beautiful Christmas Creche on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/christmas-creche\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArtIsEverywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-23T13:16:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-27T18:51:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/nativityscene.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/christmas-creche\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/christmas-creche\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"casart\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"headline\":\"Christmas Creche\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-23T13:16:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-27T18:51:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/christmas-creche\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/christmas-creche\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/nativityscene.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chagall\",\"Christmas\",\"creche\",\"Evelyn Nef\",\"mosaic\",\"nativity\",\"needlepoint\",\"santos\",\"stockings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Celebrations &amp; 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