By Merry Stahel
This tealight candle Nativity was made by my daughter, Jennifer, when she took a pottery class in junior high school. She was upset that the clay slumped during firing. She made it for me as a gift and planned to throw it out and start over…but I wanted this one. It is one of the Nativities that stays out on display all year.
The song is Mary Did You Know? sung by Pentatonix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCWN5pJGIE
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