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One Iowa man who is attempting to set a world record for the largest collection of Nativity scenes has his collection on display at a bank in Washington, Iowa<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 2,500 Nativity scenes<\/a> belonging to Michael Zahs are currently available for viewing at the Hills Bank’s Washington location, said local media outlet KCRG.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The display will run until January 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The bank\u2019s happy to have it, it\u2019s definitely unique and we look forward to having people in to look at it,” Janelle Johnson, vice president at the bank who helped put up the display, told Fox News Digital via email.<\/p>\n

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“It’s a great way to bring joy to folks in our community,” she added.<\/p>\n

The display took six weeks to set up, Zahs told KCRG, noting that he began collecting Nativity scenes in the 1950s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scenes come from more than 100 different countries, he told that outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of them are made by hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zahs enjoys the way each scene contains different details relevant to the story of the birth of Jesus Christ,<\/a> he also said.<\/p>\n

“I like to have people come and look at the details,” he said to KCRG. “You can look at the exhibit for the scripture part of it, you can look at it for the materials, the artwork.”<\/p>\n

“Some of them are very historical,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The current record for the largest collection of Nativity sets is 1,802, according to the Guinness World Records website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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That record was set on March 14, 2009, by Andrea Andrighetti.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The entry for the record notes that the sets are all currently at the Museo dei Sogni e Della Memoria located in Feltre, a town in northern Italy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If Zahs were to fall short in his attempt at a record, there are a few other Nativity-related records to chase.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The record for “largest Nativity scene figurines” was set by the Ayuntamiento de Alicante (Alicante City Hall) in Alicante, Spain<\/a>, on Dec. 1, 2020. <\/p>\n

That Nativity scene featured a figurine of Joseph, which stood at 59 feet, 2.6 inches, alongside a figurine of Mary that was 34 feet, 8.9 inches tall.<\/p>\n

The infant Jesus was 13 feet, 4.6 inches long \u2014 and was depicted in the manger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In Portugal is another Guinness-certified world record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Manuel Jacinto in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, set the record for “most mechanical figures in a Nativity scene” for Nov. 10, 2013.<\/p>\n

Jacinto, an artist, creates an annual Nativity display each year that the public can view from November to March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While the display includes “many more mechanical figures of different sizes, shapes and era,” Guinness only counted the 162 figures that were directly related to the Nativity \u2014 still a very impressive number.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oasis Church in Pembroke Pines, Florida,<\/a> set the world record for the “largest display of Nativity sets” on Dec. 11, 2011.<\/p>\n

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A record 2,150 unique Nativity sets \u2014 which belonged to church members \u2014 were put on display at the church for the Christmas season, the Guinness World Records site says. <\/p>\n

And while most Nativity sets feature only Jesus, Mary and Joseph \u2014 with possibly an angel, shepherd or some other figure \u2014 the world record for the “most living figures in a Nativity scene” is 2,101.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The City Government of San Jose del Monte, located in Bulacan, Philippines, set that record on Dec. 20, 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The majority of the “living figures” in the Nativity scene “were onlookers around the barn,” says the Guinness World Records website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/christmas-season-iowa-man-world-record-largest-nativity-scene <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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