A Real Live Nativity Story

Once upon a long time ago, though I had a happy hoard of holiday decor, my Christmas collection lacked a Nativity scene.  You know, the little barn housing a donkey, an ox, and a holy swaddled infant, all topped with a glittery nova.
"You find the Nativity that you want," Nanny told me, "and I'll buy it for you."
For years after that, I searched for the perfect Baby Jesus scene.  There were wooden Josephs, carved camels, glass Marys, china angels, tin sheep, and copper Magi.  There were yard Nativity scenes large enough to include my life-size Jeremy Renner cardboard cutout.  There were stuffed fabric Baby Jesuses designed for little children to not be suffered to come unto Him.
Nanny went to heaven before I chose a Nativity set.  And then I inherited hers.  And it's just the right one.