I was in the 3rd or 4th grade when my family moved to the house I mainly grew up in on Crabtree Road. It was a split foyer with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths with a large den downstairs. After we first moved in we built a custom bookcase in the den beside the fire place. It was a floor to ceiling bookcase that was at least 10 to 12 feet wide. It really made the large room more balanced. The bookcase would always be my first and favorite place to decorate for Christmas. My Mom would cover the bookcase with velvet material to hide the books. We would alternate what color we would use each year. I think my favorite was the blue velvet she put up as a backdrop over the books, it was the perfect backdrop to represent the night sky. Over the years we would add a piece or two to the scene, but I can still vividly remember our unique Nativity Scene. We would place sheep and shepherds along the bottom of the bookcase. The next shelf up we placed camels and the 3 wise men. On up we put Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus lying in a manger. The shelves above them we had angels. At the very top of the bookcase we had one large star. It was a beautiful Nativity scene, from the bottom shelf up it looked like the path that Mary, Joseph, and the wise men traveled to get to Bethlehem. It was the most beautiful decorations of all, even if I helped to decorate it.
To be continued...
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