In Religious Articles Brabander we want to present a selection of cheap Nativity figures and other Christmas images to celebrate this important time of the Liturgical Year. God is born, merry Christmas to all of you!!
The joy that the Child Jesus brings us with his birth is the main feeling that Christians experience during Christmas.
Celebrating the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem during the first Christmas we are participants in one of the most glorious moments lived by humanity.
Placing a Bethlehem or Nativity in our homes or parishes is a recreation of the humble circumstances in which Our Lord Jesus was born. He was born in a small manger in Bethlehem, with no shelter other than the love of his parents, Saint Joseph and the Virgin Mary, and the warmth provided by an ox and a mule.
To choose a Nativity scene, a nativity scene or the image of a Baby Jesus, we must take into account several important points.
The first of them is to know what place the Bethlehem will occupy. Logically, buying a Nativity image for our home is not the same as buying a Nativity Scene for our Church or for the premises of an association.
If we want to buy an image for our home, it may be more appropriate to buy a simple Nativity scene, formed only by the Holy Family and the animals of the Bethlehem Portal: the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, and the ox and the mule.
On the contrary, if we want to make a donation to our Church, or we want to decorate the altar of our parish, perhaps it is more advisable to buy a Nativity Scene with a greater number of figures: a Nativity Scene with shepherds, with the retinue of the Magi, etc…
Secondly, when buying a Nativity scene, you must be clear about the material you want for your figures.
In our online store there is a wide catalog of figures and religious images for Christmas for sale, from resin figures to Christmas images made in the Olot workshops. These figures for Christmas are made of pulp wood with traditional processes.
Each of the materials gives the figures their own characteristics, finishes and prices.
The religious imagery for Christmas manufactured in Olot is the highest quality in our catalogue. They have an artisan manufacturing process, hand-painted, figures with glass eyes, etc... For example, the image of the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt is a figure of Olot made with a very high level of detail, glass eyes, etc. … The features of his face are a reflection of the extraordinary work carried out by the artisans of Olot.
Religious images from Olot for Nativity Scenes or Nativity Scenes are usually available in a wide variety of sizes.
It is common to find buyers totally loyal to the Olot Nativity Scenes and Nativity Scenes. People who started with a Holy Family and have been expanding their Nativity scene year after year.
At the other extreme we have Nativity scenes with resin figures . The pieces with a lower level of detail than the works of the Olot workshops, but they have a much lower price.
Thirdly, to buy an image of Bethlehem we must take into account the delivery times.
Once again we have to differentiate the terms in the Christmas religious figures and images manufactured in the workshops of Olot and those that are manufactured with industrial processes.
The religious images of Olot are unique pieces that are made to order. It is a laborious process carried out by hand. The Christmas images made in Olot are made to order and can take between 6 and 8 weeks to be delivered. It is very important to take into account the deadlines when choosing to buy Christmas images made in Olot.
Nativity figures and images of the Baby Jesus made of resin or marble are normally in stock and can be shipped immediately.
The Nativity scene for Christmas (also known as Nativity of Christmas, Sacred Mystery or Crib for Christmas) is one of the most popular traditions to commemorate the birth of the Child Jesus.
The Bethlehem is a tradition with many centuries of history. Remains of primitive nativity scenes have been found in places such as the Roman Catacombs or in churches and other places related to Christian religious worship.
It is for this reason, that despite these findings, most experts agree in pointing to the year 1223 as the official date of the birth of the tradition of nativity scenes.
During Christmas 1223, an event occurs that will define the characteristics of Nativity scenes to this day. It is in this year, during Christmas Eve, when Saint Francis of Assisi stages, in a cave near the hermitage of Greccio (Italy), the Birth of Jesus.
Saint Francis of Assisi celebrates a night mass accompanied by a symbolic representation of the Nativity scene, through a manger with an ox and a mule.
After celebrating mass, Saint Francis sings the Gospel and preaches about the Birth of Christ. Our Lord Jesus had come into the world in circumstances as humble as those present at that time are living.
Such representation, accompanied by the explanation of Saint Francis of Assisi, has a great impact among those present at the celebration, and serves as a seed to spread among the people the tradition of the Nativity or Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas.
The tradition of Nativity scenes spreads throughout Europe
Starting in the 14th century, the assembly of nativity scenes with religious images for Christmas was consolidated as a tradition in the Italian peninsula.
Little by little it spread to the rest of Europe (fundamentally through the Franciscan orders), at first as an ecclesiastical practice, later as an aristocratic and finally popular custom.
During these first centuries the images and other elements of the nativity scenes did not have great beauty, but they served to teach and evangelize the people.
In addition to Italy, another of the places where the tradition of putting Nativity scenes at Christmas reached greater importance was in Spain. The tradition of religious images of Nativity scenes came to Spain throughout the s. XV through, of course, Franciscan orders.
Throughout the s. XV, XVI and XVII the implantation of the nativity scene tradition was testimonial and we will have to wait until the s. XVIII, with the reign of Carlos III (1716-1788), so that the nativity scenes spread throughout the Spanish geography. In the Christmas of the year 1760, Carlos III orders to make a Bethlehem for his son, Carlos IV.
The result was one of the most famous nativity scenes of the time: El Nativity Scene of the Prince . The well-known Nativity scene was commissioned from the Valencian image makers José Esteve Bonet and José Ginés Marín, as well as the Murcian Francisco Salzillo.
The imagers did an extraordinary job. The Nativity Scene of the Prince achieved great popularity. One of the main reasons for this was that the king decreed that all the people could see it. From the s. XVIII to the beginning of the s. XX, the visit to the Royal Palace to see the images of the Bethlehem of the Prince became a strongly rooted Christmas tradition in Madrid.
The Christmas Nativity Scene, also known as Nativity Scenes or Christmas Mysteries, are an important part of the celebration of the birth of the Child Jesus. To commemorate such an important event, during Christmas we decorate our houses with Baby Jesus figurines , or with Bethlehem Portals, Nativity figures, etc...
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