Should I Stop Buying Nativities? The Collector’s Dilemma

Can you have too much baby Jesus in your life?

Seen in a shop window in Spain. A ham nativity. Photo by author.

Puerto Rico was where I first realized I might have a problem. Arriving on Christmas Day and leaving on New Year's was like sending an alcoholic on a booze cruise. So many three Kings — not to mention the traditional Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus — offered up for sale.