1. A depiction of the birth of Jesus CRÈCHE

2. In the middle Jesus is lying in a cradle Next to him is his mother, Saint Mary and his father, Saint Joseph The Three Wise Men are carrying presents for Jesus Usually there are shepherds carrying presents Sometimes there is a angel exclaiming: „Glory to God on high“ How does it look like? Around

3. Wooden Kinds of crèches Ceramic (1) (2)

4. Living crèchesPaper (3) (4)

5. Krýza's crèche It has been created by Tomáš Krýza since 1998 mentioned in Guinness Book of World Records as the largest mechanical crèche in the world The crèche is now in the Museum of Jindřichův Hradec (5)

6. Museum of crèches, the most famous crèche is Probošt‘s mechanical crèche Youtube video : http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=NI70x- 1y8fk&feature=youtu.b e http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=NI70x- 1y8fk&feature=youtu.b e Other famous crèches in Czech Republic (6)

7. Almost every family in this town has its own crèche Every year the city has Xmas exposition of crèches Real life size crib in Třešť (7)

8. Constructing of crèches in Czech Republic We usually have crèches from paper or from wood Some crèches are handed in family You can buy crèche in stationery shops or at Xmas markets Most often we put crèche near Xmas tree (4)

9. Sources http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesli%C4%8Dky http://www.mjh.cz/en/sekce/252-kryza-nativity-scene (1) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohelnice_nativity_scene.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohelnice_nativity_scene.jpg František Suchomel (2) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pessebre.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pessebre.jpg (3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Szopka-Wyszk%C3%B3w-3.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Szopka-Wyszk%C3%B3w-3.jpg User:Ejdzej (4) own sources (5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KJ_St%C5%99ed.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KJ_St%C5%99ed.jpg http://www.pruvodce.com/trebechovice/ (6) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TBetlem_det3.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TBetlem_det3.jpg Třebechovické muzeum betlémů http://www.ireceptar.cz/zajimavosti/tipy-na-vylet/trest-vitejte-ve-meste-betlemu/ (7)http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_life_size_crib_in_T%C5%99e%C5%A1%C5%A5,_C zech_Republic.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Real_life_size_crib_in_T%C5%99e%C5%A1%C5%A5,_C zech_Republic.jpg Frettie Made by: Eliška Janeková