Sheep Family #51539 from Fontanini is a gift-boxed, 5” scale Fontanini Heirloom Nativity 3-piece set made of polymer and hand-painted in Italy with non-toxic paints. People living in the Holy Land treasured their flocks. During biblical times, sheep were greatly needed by man as a source of food and because of their wool, for warm clothing. They also served as a gauge in determining one's wealth.

A delightful accompaniment to this figurine is a Fontanini story card which offers a fictional account of the Sheep Family at the time of Christ’s birth. Offering a step back in time to Biblical Bethlehem, Fontanini story cards provide memory-making opportunities and have become a cherished tradition for many families.

Create a 5” Fontanini Nativity scene and begin a collection with one of the many 5” Fontanini Nativities found at NOEL ETERNEL. Add to your collection with the many Fontanini Nativity animals, angels, buildings, shepherds and villagers to create a scene relating to the First Christmas.

The House of Fontanini has been creating old world sculptures in the village of Bagni di Lucca, Italy, for more than 100 years.

If you had lived in Bethlehem nearly 2000 years ago, what would your life have been like. What could you have been doing when Jesus was born? Find out with the Fontanini Heirloom Collectible Storybook and Story Cards. These contain the very special stories that are associated with many Fontanini Heirloom figures. Every fictionalized Story enriches your understanding of biblical times.

"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.  But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.  The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice.  But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers."   John 10:1-5