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In this photo, Shirley Squires, of Guilford, Vt., speaks with a reporter about her collection of more than 1,400 nativity scenes on display in her home. Each Christmas, she gets help putting up the miniature scenes and then opens her home to school groups and others for viewing. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Each December, Shirley Squires transforms her modest Vermont home into a veritable creche museum, with more than 1,400 miniature nativity scenes of Jesus, Mary and Joseph covering every surface, taking over two bedrooms and overflowing into a specially built room in her garage.

By LISA RATHKE, AP December 25, 2017