This will horrify you but I want to buy a nice nativity crib scene thing...

[margoandjerry]

Sorry to be so appalling with my timing.

I've just had the thought that I want to buy my sister a lovely nativity set as a present. She's having a baby and I think it's a lovely thing to have when you have children but you might not buy one for yourself. Her birthday is just before christmas so that was my thought.

I have a lovely crib set with lovely little china figures and I'm really looking forward to setting it up with my girl (on a really, really high shelf ). I've had a quick google but can only find naff ones. Any suggestions for websites where I might find something lovely?

Its not naff at all !! I love our nativity set. I saw a really sweet one in the lakeland catalogue which is a combi nativity scene and advent box

www.lakeland.co.uk/productimage.aspx/christmas/xmasdecorations!40910

Think JoJo has some cute ones

we saw a book once in a shop in Scotland which made us hurl with laughing

god it never fails to make me larf

Try several charities... these have nice sets plus you'll get a warm fuzzy for giving to charideeee!!

www.traidcraftshop.co.uk
www.tearcraft.org

I was going to suggest a fairtrade shop.

Or Oxfam.

Great Little Trading Company has a nice wooden one.

There are some lovely ones about. I bought a soft material one when dd was born so that it could be put where she could reach it. She is now 8 and ds is 7 but they still like to rearrange the figures.

If the is a Christain bookshop near you I expect they'll have a selection. The one in Bournemouth has about 20 to choose from.

come on, come on

you know you want to knit one

There are religious shops that sell lovely, tasteful nativity sets around the Place Saint-Sulpice in Paris.

Otherwise my sister said there were nice ones in Spain where she used to live.

if I had money...............

Very elegant and simple

Cappucino - PMSL at that....and then I looked at the Tradecraftshop site, and they have a crochet one!!!!

I'm off to the Cologne Christmas markets to buy one this year. Booked the flights today. The Germans do beautiful woodenny things.

That is obviously a blatant brag and not helpful to you at all margo, unless you're loaded and can afford a trip across to Germany (EasyJet v reasonable to Cologne imo)

I also love my nativity. It's wooden and I think you can get them from charity catalogues. It reminds me of one my lovely grandma had when I was little.

Just found this it has nice stuff.......

some nice ones here

and here

Adding to my watched threads with interest but can't bear to think about Christmas yet.

i am not horrified
I quite fancy one for Christmas if I can find a lovely and I am an atheist but then again I have lots of picture of Father Christmas and his elves and I am pretty sure they don't exist either

She does want to knit once, Cap I'm bloody certain she does.

I have a pattern .....

short post DS on lap - same dilema last year, searched high & low, best place garden centre

Might not be right or you, but www.buttonbag.co.uk do lovely navity peg doll kit.

"Here www.buttonbag.co.uk/nativity.htm"

Willow Tree one is gorgeous

H Samuel sell it - I have coveted it since it was released!

here it is