When I was a child, my grandparents made a tradition of gifting each of us a new Christmas ornament each year in addition to our other gifts. Today, my parents carry on a similar tradition for each of the grandkids by gifting them a new nativity set piece each year, starting with the baby Jesus.
Onyx now has baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as part of her collection. This year we set the scene with a stable found at the D.I., and a jungle safari backdrop (received on her birthday from Aunt Whitney), complete with animals and vegetation. Even the animals came to adore Him, right? Why not exotic animals?
Once Onyx proudly showed off her exciting nativity grouping to Andy, he said, "What, are they in Africa? I knew that baby Jesus was black!" You see, ever since Onyx received baby Jesus lying in a manger her first Christmas, Andy has teased that he is a black baby Jesus because of his stained finish. I suppose we unconsciously catered his surroundings to fit!
