Nativity Set (or Symbol of Redemption?)

My new Nativity Set

Vera brought home from Austria one of the best Christmas gifts I've ever received: A hand-carved, wooden, made-in-Austria, basic Nativity set from a little shop in Vienna, and direct from the craftsman. It's beautiful, and I've wanted a good Nativity for a long time, ever since my mother's Italian set was lost.

While deeply spiritual, I am not at all religious. This is about family tradition. This is about the non-dogmatic symbolism involved in the birth of Christ which is echoed in many other religions and secular philosophies; namely, Hope and Redemption.

-Brent

 "Most people understand imagery and symbol better than doctrine and dogma." - Brennan Manning