Here are 100+ best top outdoor Christmas decor ideas that will make the outside of your home festive in time for the holidays.

There's something truly special about nativity scene displays this time of year. Here are over 20 ideas for bringing this essence of Christmas to life in your home.

Mary Paranich Reed Gates December 1, 2020 on Facebook My cousin put this up instead of a Christmas tree. I just love it..

The Nativity is such a lovely homemade project to create for your family this holiday season. Here are several tutorials on how to make your own Nativity Manger sets with pictured tutorials with free nativity patterns, small nativity sets, how to make a nativity stable and even outdoor nativities! There are 29 Nativity tutorials to make over on the Tip Junkie Creative Community if you're looking how to make even more three themes with great instructions. The Nativity 1. Away in a Manger…

DIY: Build a Wood Manger for a Nativity Prop Build a wood manger for a Nativity production, Christmas Story play or yard decoration. Use r...

There's something truly special about nativity scene displays this time of year. Here are over 20 ideas for bringing this essence of Christmas to life in your home.

Years ago I was reading from a Chicken Soup for the Soul book and there was a story in there that talked about the empty manger under the Christmas tree. I tucked it away in my memory because I knew, someday, when I had a family I would want to have this tradition as a part of our Decembers. Last year we made up a handful of mangers. We gave the mangers, straw and a little note explaining the tradition. This is the little poem I wrote as a simple explanation. Manger Family Tradition There…

This article includes some outdoor manger photos and ideas for Christmas nativity scenes.

About ten years ago at our congregation's Advent Workshop, we made four mangers. This was an activity for the "more active" children. We thought having them work with wood and nails would keep them occupied. So I drew up a pattern, purchased the materials, and stayed up late the night before the event sawing the…