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?

cappy is that your blog?

Wow. Mumsnet's intimate knowledge of mail order nativity scenes is really incredible!

I love all these. The Willow Tree one is lovely -but looks quite big? Anyone know?

And I love the knitted one! I cannot knit but honestly...am thinking of learning!

Oh, wish I was going to a lovely Cologne Christmas Market....

Thanks all - will browse all evening.

Having knitted hundreds of squares 30 years ago as a brownie I have forgotten how to! Try ebay for hand-knitted ones - spotted a couple already.

this is the one i have here

If you put "krippenfiguren" into google.de you'll find lots of lovely German ones.

Can't do links but there was an article on this last year in the guardian

www.guardian.co.uk/family/story/0,,1956458,00.html

Also recommend Traidcraft website.

I love the olive wood one in the Lakeland catalogue but IIRC it's expensive

£90

The Advent Stable one Mapleleaf mentioned is lovely too and there's a cheaper chunky one that's nice too.

Probably not very helpful unless you have access to a French supermarket but a couple of years ago, I bought my dd an Advent Calender which had the Nativity scene inside it. Every few days it had a sheep or shepherd, or something in there. Mind it had to be reinforced with sellotape since the outline was only made from card . The figures were china though so I've hung onto them.