I went out on my own in life when I was 16 hears old....and in the one room apartment I had, during the Christmas season, I made a nativity set out of a cardboard box --and purchased the figures --made from plastic, but well enough made that I still use them --and they look nice.
While I've been blessed with the nativity "barn" and some of the figurines that my grandfather made --at least 60 years ago--those plastic figures now dominate the display.
I've looked over the past decade for low price nativity sets and specifically additional figures--as I'd like to add to my livestock and shepherds--but no one seems to carry them anymore.
Oh, you can pay a lot of money for "grand" nativity sets....and can, for something that at least approached reasonable, purchase little nativity sets....but why no figures? Guessing the profit margins are limited, but there used to be some margin of profit for the retailers who carried these items, and what a wonderful service to families and individuals without the financial means to purchase other options, or children who wish to set up their own nativity up in their rooms.
Does anyone know where these kinds of items might be found? What retailers / online retailers might carry them?
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