My vintage nativity knitted when my eldest was little so about 1982. The shenanigans those characters used to get up to with three boys in the house! Baby Jesus stuffed up the angels dress, shepherds swinging by their crooks in the tree, donkey pretending to eat the chocolate decorations, drunken wise men.
Actually that’s made me sad thinking about times gone by! The little grandchildren are far more reverent and just play” nicely” with them. The little lamb often goes home with one of them and has to be sneaked back by a parent!