Very nice camera work at the beginning of the video showing a close-up of the figures! Thank you. I love the gemstones on the three Wise Men and the jewel tones.
Have you looked around to find a hand-made set produced by a local crafter here in the United States, et al.? I understand the convenience and possibly the cost savings of buying one sold in a big box retailer that was made in China. Just think for a moment, which country has the largest number of Christians under watched and subject to persecution? Making things for Christians abroad at the least expensive price does wonders for the Chinese economy, but what does that say for our values when we shortchange local crafters and send our money to a company that perhaps laid off workers outside China so it could keep profiting by using Communist-government-mandated lower labor. Not exactly something reflecting a real "mandate from heaven," wouldn't you say? I'll confess to my own bias here since I build creche stalls from the bottom up. (No figurines yet. I'm a one-man shop and at 72 years, making the stalls to meet demanding strictures is enough for one person. But there are plenty of others here in North America, Europe other Asian nations, Austrailia, and both Central and South America. Please, don't contribute to more labor exploitation and economic oppression just to save a dollar or two. The people who work in those factories in China pay a much costlier price in the long run. . ,,
