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Meet Emanuele Fontanini this Friday, Dec. 12 from 2-5pm at Kris Kringl! Enter to win our raffle for your own Italian-painted nativity or select a piece to be signed. Our shop is the grand finale of a tour this year for Mr. Fontanini before he returns to Italy and we are so excited to have him in Leavenworth during the Christmastown: Village of Lights Celebration! Please join us!!! About Fontanini: The Fontanini Nativity story began in 1908, when Emanuele Fontanini started crafting nativity …

Kris Kringl welcomes back Emanuele Fontanini! Emanuele Fontanini, a member of the Fontanini family will greet guests and sign items from the Fontanini nativity collection purchased at Kris Kringl on Sunday, December 10. He is travelling all the way from Italy -- Kris Kringl is his only stop west of the Mississippi River -- and we hope many people take advantage of this opportunity! If you cannot attend in person December 10th, but would like to still have a piece signed -- we would be happy …