There is a wonderful Nativity collection from all every part of the world on display at Holy Cross Lutheran Church on Pilgrim Road, about a quarter mile south of Appleton.
Susanne and Bill Gay have been collecting Nativities for over thirty-five years. They generously provided their entire collection to be on permanent display at Holy Cross.
The collection has 563 Nativities (not all of them on display) from all over the world. They remind us of the gift of God creating humanity in God's image. The Nativities are created from every material imaginable, including rolled up newspaper (it is unbelievably beautiful and you won't recognize the material until you are less than 4 feet away from it).
The display cabinets, where the Nativities are displayed, are a work of art. Dean and Pam Essmann and the team at Essmann's Cabinetry & Millwork of Germantown designed and created the display cabinets.
This is quite a wonderful display of art, culture, artisanship pertaining to the most joyous event in humanity.
