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Tis the Season, PS Style

December 11th, 2017 at 12:58 pm



Next weekend I hope to bring my dad (and invited friend R. to come along) to a Benedictine abbey in nearby Bethlehem, CT, that has a Christmas sale each year, largely of items handmade/grown by the sisters, including beeswax candles, jams and jellies, soaps, cheeses, breads, even wooden pens made from an old choir stall.

On the premises they also have an incredible 18th-century Neapolitan Crèche, a rare and lavish display of a traditional Nativity scene which is thought to have been created as a gift to Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, on the occasion of his coronation in 1720.

The creche recently went thru a 4-year renovation by experts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

If the weather's decent, we'll go.

2 Responses to “Tis the Season, PS Style”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    Sounds like a nice outing! May the weather be great. I'm hoping for good weather as my daughter travels here (on a plane) next weekend.

  2. rob62521 Says:
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    What a lovely thing to do. Hope you can go.

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