I collect Christmas creches, just like I collect alot of other things.— Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods
But the babies are just doll-like figurines, and the event being celebrated is the Mexican Candelaria, or Candlemas, a holiday in which statuettes of the Christ Child - the centerpiece of household creches and family devotions - are brought into church to be blessed by a priest.— Home - BostonHerald.com
They are replacing books with computers and so becoming mere 'creches' instead of places of education and excitement, said Frank Cottrell Boyce.— Home | Mail Online
Mobile Creche, a Delhi based non-profit that runs 22 creches at construction sites in and around Delhi, takes care of their three children while they work.— Down To Earth
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