PHOTOS COURTESY OF JORI ECHOLS GLENN
Nativity made from banana leaves
(pictured above and below)
A Venezuelan artisan crafted this Nativity from
banana leaves and other natural materials
Nativity with a Heavenly Host, Masaya, Nicaragua
(pictured above)
This brightly painted Nativity, with a heavenly host of
20 angels, is from the personal collection of Garrick
Hyde and his family in Utah. They run a family charity,
World Nativity, which imports Nativities from poor and
developing countries. These figures are carved from
cedar wood and painted by local artisans in Managua.
The Raymond Pitcairn family nativity
(pictured to the right and below)
These three nativity scenes were made by Winfred S.
Hyatt for the Raymond Pitcairn family in the 1920s.
They were originally made for Cairnwood and were
moved to the newly completed Glencairn in 1939. The
family tradition was that this would be the first thing
the children would see on Christmas morning.
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