Presépio is Portuguese for "Nativity Scene". Follow along as we build this year's version of a long family tradition. Mai e Pai (Mom & Dad, in Portuguese) started this tradition with just a few figurines bought in a Paris airport, to hundreds of pieces lovingly collected or hand-crafted over the decades and across two continents.

Click here for Wikipedia's description...


30 December, 2009

South Shore Competition... 30 Dec



Sorry to have deprived you all of your daily blog entertainment, but we have had a very busy post-Christmas time!  ;)
Part of it was spent on Boston's south shore, with more elvish helpers, or shall I say "elfique", since they make up the French contingent...

Here you can see that I have some pretty tough competition...here is a closeup of Y's crèche - made by her at the ripe old age of 6.   I particularly love the sheep's wooly coats!


And here you see how diligently they worked, even through a power outage! The high winds knocked down power lines, so we were without power or heat for almost 4 hours! But that wasn't going to stop us from painting our Christmas acorns! Candlelight was perfect.




And, the best present of all under the tree - Chou-chou!
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  1. BB W.Jan 1, 2010, 12:55:00 PM

    Very sweet. I'm sure you, Tita, and your husband AKA Father Christmas PT (I am from here on directed to only use initials, or nick names, in order to protect individual's privacy rights) are huge favorites of the elfiques and their elfiquienne parents!

    I, too, love those lambs!

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