The Kneeling Santa - Fontanini® 5" Collection

The Kneeling Santa - Item 65015 - Fontanini® 5" Collection.

The Fontanini Nativity tradition is carried on here at the House of Fontanini.Com but started over 100 years ago in Bagni da Lucca Italy in the hills of Tuscany be Emanuele Fontanini. He opened his first shop in 1908, establishing a family business that has grown from humble beginnings to a world-renowned creator of heirloom-quality Nativity sets and figurines. The figures, made of durable polymer, are meticulously sculpted, then molded and hand-painted by skilled artisans in a multi-generational, family-guided process.  Today, the House of Fontanini.Com carries the tradition on by providing retail and e-commerce sales direct to the consumer.  For over 25 years, we are proud to be a locally owned small business that not only sells Fontanini - but loves it too!  Here in our Minnesota warehouse we love to say our mission statement - "Telling His Story, one piece at a time."

KNEELING SANTA PRAYER:

Santa's Christmas Prayer

On Christmas Eve the other night
I saw the most amazing sight.
For there beneath the Christmas tree
was Santa kneeling on his knee.

His countenance was different than
that all-familiar, jolly grin;
His head was bowed, with hand to breast,
and slightly tucked into his vest.

For there in a Nativity was
Jesus and His family.
And as I heard him start to pray
I listened close to what he'd say...

"Lord, You know that You're the reason
I take pleasure in this season.
I don't want to take Your place,
but just reflect Your wondrous grace.

I hope You'll help them understand
I'm just an ordinary man,
who found a way to do Your will
by finding kids with needs to fill.

But all those centuries ago,
there was no way for me to know
that they would make so much of me,
and all the gifts beneath the tree.

They think I have some hidden power
granted at the midnight hour,
but it is my love for You
inspiring the things I do.

And so when they begin to open gifts
for which they have been hoping,
may they give You all the glory,
for You're the One True Christmas Story.