Mothers manger

This manger belonged to my mom, as a little girl. My daughter set it up this year, first year she asked about it. My mother died 7 years ago. My mother always set it up, even when I was a kid. She would share how my grandmother (vovo) would plant trays of millet, for grass , and how the numbers of sheep and barn animals had dwindled over the years. Indeed...we no longer have a donkey , the bull or chickens!! One cow and eight sheep is all that remains. Casualties of time, toddlers and a cat! The angel wreath was an embellishment added by my mom, the last Christmas she set it up.