Olive Wood Nativity Statue Hand Carved in Holy Land Bethlehem 5.4 Inch

This olive wood nativity statue bethlehem is handcrafted by skilled Christian artisans in Bethlehem. Made from genuine olive wood, each piece is unique with natural grain patterns. Size: 5.4" H x 3.8" W x 1.7" D (13.6 x 9.6 x 13.6cm (5.4 inches)).5 inch. Ships worldwide with free US shipping on orders over $100.

About This Nativity Figure Set

Set this on your shelf and it just sits there doing its job. Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, carved from real olive wood right here in Bethlehem, the actual city where the story happened. That's not a marketing line. That's just the truth of it.

People looking to buy a nativity set sometimes ask me what makes one worth keeping. Honestly, it's this. The grain in the wood is warm, the figures are quiet, nothing overworked or theatrical. It's the kind of piece you stop noticing after a while, and then one morning you look at it again and it means something.

At about 5.3 x 3.7 x 1.5 inches, it fits a mantle, a desk, a windowsill. These are religious nativity sets made for real homes, not just display cases. If you're shopping for religious crafts for adults that hold up over years, this is the kind of thing people keep.

Features & Details

• ✓ Genuine Holy Land olive wood, hand-carved in Bethlehem
• ✓ Three figures: Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus
• ✓ Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.7 x 1.5 inches
• ✓ Warm natural grain, no two pieces exactly alike
• ✓ Fits a shelf, mantle, windowsill, or desk
• ✓ This nativity scene set is made by 3rd generation Christian artisan families
• ✓ Factory-direct, no middlemen

Product Specifications

Perfect As a Gift

A customer in Ohio ordered three of these last December, one for each of her adult children. She sent me a note in January saying all three had them out on their mantles through the new year and weren't ready to put them away. That happens more than you'd think.

It works as a figures christmas gift, a figures baptism gift, or something to mark a confirmation. Free US shipping on orders over $100 makes it easy to send directly to whoever you're buying for.

The Story Behind It

Most nativity figures you find online are factory-made somewhere with no connection to the story they're telling. Ours come from families in Bethlehem who have been carving olive wood for three generations. The same hands, the same workshops, the same city.

The olive wood itself comes from annual pruning of living trees. Nobody's cutting anything down. These families have been working this way for decades, and when you buy a nativity set from us, that order goes directly back to them. No importers in the middle. No warehouse markup.

I visited one of the workshops a couple of years ago and the carver showed me how he reads the grain before he starts. He picks the orientation of each figure based on where the natural lines in the wood run. That's not something you can automate, at least not and keep it honest.

Care Instructions

Olive wood's low maintenance. If it starts looking dry, rub a small drop of olive oil into it with a cloth and that's usually all it needs. Don't soak it in water. That's about it.