One side of the room you’ll find a detailed pewter nativity set from Malaysia with each figure – down to camels and lambs - represented in sharp detail.

In 1962, Donna Kopish received her first Nativity set. At the time, she and her family lived in a poor area, and she remembers not being able to afford the small, hand-painted pewter Nativity set ...

Since their wedding on Dec. 26, 1966, the couple have amassed 1,700 Nativity sets, 110 statues, icons and banners of St. Nicholas and more than 100 Advent calendars.