For Christmas season, bakery recreates Nativity scene using bread
A bakery in England has decided to pay homage to the Christmas holiday and to the meaning of Christmas by recreating the Nativity scene in a unique way: with loaves of bread.
The team at the Hobbs House Bakery in Gloucestershire, England, created the window display after staff member Amanda Jane and her shop manager came up with the idea, according to news service SWNS.
The group used organic wild white sourdough bread to craft the characters of Mary, Joseph, the shepherd and the kings.
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Baby Jesus is represented by a baguette resting inside a rye loaf.
Jane told the news service it took two to three days to dry the bread thoroughly enough to be able to cut and varnish it.
This Nativity scene window display in honor of the Christmas season at Hobbs House Bakery in England is made mostly out of bread. (Hobbs House Bakery/SWNS)
“I just cut one end off flat for them to stand up on, and then varnished them twice so they don’t shrink or mold,” she said.
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“Then we added eyes and simple clothes.”
Jane said the sourdough loaves “were the perfect shape.”
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“Baby Jesus is part of a baguette and the crib a rye loaf,” she said.
“The star is a bakery creation.”
Baby Jesus is represented by a baguette inside a rye loaf made to look like a crib. The other figures are made of organic wild white sourdough bread. (Hobbs House Bakery/SWNS)
Jane has worked at the bakery for nearly 20 years and created several window displays during her employment.
She called this display the “perfect” Nativity scene – “the bread of life made from bread.”
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Her shop manager agreed with that assessment.
The shepherds are actually loaves of sourdough bread with candy canes as decorative props. The figures of Mary and Joseph are also made out of sourdough. (Hobbs House Bakery/SWNS)
“We wanted something traditional and simple – and I think we got it right,” she said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Hobbs House Bakery seeking additional comment.
