Many families have their secret Christmas recipes for Puddings, cakes, punch and other Christmas things. Some families have their own rituals and traditions about what they do on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
But, what is your recipe for making your Crib? What day do you make it? Do you put all your figures in together or do you put them one by one, one for each day of advent? Do you put in a sheep or a lamb for each member of the family? Do you put the Baby Jesus in before you go to bed on Christmas Eve? Do you include extra figures …? Are they old figures? … Many questions to be asked about the Christmas Crib. This weeks WOW (websites of the week) give some ideas about the crib, the origin of the Crib can be found here;
http://www.catholicdoors.com/misc/christmascrib.htm
or here
http://www.adoremus.org/1209ChristmasCrib.html
If you want to get your family to make an elaborate Crib you find ideas here:
http://hubpages.com/art/How-to-Make-a-Christmas-Crib-Presepju
