Thank you for your faith & support ...
Mrs. Geny Castro sends her love and well wishes to the members of the vast community that share in her love of Jesus and the story of his humble birth in the manager so long ago.
Sadly, the manager will not be erected in 2025 and the organization will be disbanded. Mrs. Castro appreciates the well wishes and stories she's received for the decades she worked to share the true meaning of Christmas with everyone. Your words of thanks, encouragement, and support, have touched her deeply and she will carry the many stories of how the annual Christmas manger touched lives with her all her days.
If you wish to send a message to Mrs. Castro,
please email it to mangerweb1225@gmail.com.
"And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn."
Luke 2:7
Our history
The Castro family moved to Stuart from Miami more than 30 years ago. For the first two decades, a large white Christmas tree was erected each year in front of Castro Interiors to celebrate the season. But a few years ago, while Mrs. Castro was overseeing the construction of the tree, and she greeted children walking by with: “Merry Christmas! Do you know what’s coming?” Each time, the kids would respond with, “Santa!”
Mrs. Castro realized that children seem to have lost the real meaning of Christmas and she decided to replace the Christmas tree with an impressive life-sized manger. A star of white lights with a red comet tail soars above the Nativity made of thatched palmettos. It has been embellished with the simple sweet, musty hay scattered throughout the Manger. Lying in the center of the manger is Jesus flanked by the statues of Joseph, Mary, and different kinds of animals. In the background, instrumental carols play.
