Big Nativity Scene made St. Margaret’s Christmas and Epiphany special this year.

Oliver Macnaughton, 5,and Ben Macnaughton, 8, of the parish of St. Margaret Cedar Cottage in Vancouver, were fascinated by a nativity scene carved in wood which was delivered to the parish in time for Christmas and Epiphany.

The boys were impressed by the size of the figures--a shepherd, Joseph and Mary, the three Kings, the Christ Child in a manger, and three sheep.

The carvings were commissioned and given to the parish by Kevin Simpson and Don Meen in memory of Don's mother, Margaret, recently a member of Holy Trinity, New Westminster.

The pieces come from Ghana, West Africa, and are by a carver named Wisdom, whose work supports the development of a Neurological Sciences department at Korle-Bu Hospital, Accra.