THE OLIVE TREE IS AN EVERGREEN THAT HAS GROWN IN THE HOLY LAND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS; IT HAS LONG BEEN A SYMBOL OF PEACE. SOME OLIVE TREES FOUND IN THE HOLY LAND DATE BACK TO THE TIME OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS. THE OLIVE WOOD USED IN THIS NATIVITY IS HAND-CRAFTED OF WOOD HARVESTED FROM HOLY LAND OLIVE TREES; NO TREE IS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS. THIS NATIVITY WAS MADE IN BETHLEHEM BY FAMILY CRAFTSMEN WHOSE SKILLS HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. EACH PIECE OF OLIVE WOOD USED IN THE NATIVITY IS CAREFULLY CUT, SMOOTHED AND FITTED TOGETHER. AS A COMPLETELY HANDCRAFTED PRODUCT, NO TWO NATIVITIES ARE EXACTLY ALIKE.