I'm a Spanish translator who visits Spain frequently and often visits during the Christmas season, when Spain is cold and airfares are low.  In 2004, I walked the Camino de Santiago from Roncesvalles to Santiago. It must have been the influence of the patron saint of Spain, Santiago (St. James the Greater), because after so many years of seeing and admiring Spanish Nativity scenes, figures and Christmas markets, it occurred to me for the first time that other people, particularly Americans, might enjoy seeing them, too.

This website is an attempt to share my enthusiasm with you and to show you the wonderful artistic and religious treasures of Spain.  I hope - soon - to be able to include a storefront page on this website so that you will be able to buy these figures, not only bringing something of beauty into your homes, but encouraging the artisan Nativity figure industry of Spain. 

But in the meantime, I hope you will enjoy my experiences of this tradition, the photos I have taken on my trips to Spain, and the great depth of Spanish art, history and faith that lies behind them.

                                Buen Camino!

                                Elizabeth Duran Gessner