Internet, tonight was a momentous occasion in our household. Well, for me it was more joy for my husband. For him, it was the fulfillment of a long-awaited family tradition. See, Jon's father is a pastor and he occasionally spends sabbaticals in Israel. While there, he purchased these incredibly beautiful hand-carved, olive wood nativity scenes for each of his three children. And they are gifted to his children upon their marriage. Over the years, Jon has watched his two younger sisters marry and receive their nativity scenes. On more than one occasion when we were dating, he mentioned that he had one of these nativity sets somewhere at his dad's house. After we were engaged, we were in Minnesota with his family and I remember the exact moment he finally realized his long wait would be ending. I think the conversation went something like this.
Jon: Oh, now I'll finally get my nativity set!
Me: Honey, surely they would have given it to you at some point, even if you didn't get married.
Jon: No. I think they would have had to will it to me upon their death or something.
Me: Well, you're welcome. I'm glad I could be here for you.
So tonight, I watched my husband unpack and assemble "our" nativity set, and what will become a family heirloom that we pass down to our children.
4 comments:
Well done Bob Vila on that assembly! Quality job on what looks to be a fine fine nativity scene. So do you get any cool loot for bringing a child into the world???
That is so cool that you will have this Nativity set to use for years to come and to pass on to your children someday. Merry Christmas!
It's truly lovely, and worth the wait I hope?? :) Nice photos.
how sweet
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