Holy Family "Love Edition" Made From Real Olive Wood- Hand Made Christmas gift - Height 19cm - Olive Wood crafts are made of the locally cultivated olive trees. This raw olive-wood material is obtained from the prunes of young olive trees, and the trunks of the old unproductive trees. The process of pruning trees is essential to the growth of the trees, therefore no trees are ever damaged or destroyed. The Christian olive-wood carvings and crafts began in the fourth century following the construction of the Nativity Church that was built on the traditional birth place of our Lord Jesus Christ. At that time Monks taught the local residents how to carve olive wood. In the sixteenth century a major development and growth in this industry took place due to the aid of the Franciscan fathers which they in turn brought Italian artisans to teach the residents of Bethlehem how to carve olive wood. This handicraft industry was passed from generation to generation until it was perfected and mastered continuing an ancient tradition of beautiful olive wood carvings in the Holy Land, producing many different products, This is One!