Jane, Nativity sets do tend to evoke such special memories. I spent years giving my best friend a beautiful hand-made stained-glass nativity set - it was very expensive, so I could only give her one piece each birthday and Christmas. It took me years to complete the set, but oh, what an heirloom that set will someday be for her son, (my Godson) who already has put his "dibs" on it.
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When you don't like a thing, change it.
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