BUFFALO, N.Y. — Father Roy Herberger has been collecting nativity sets for three decades. He now has 602 sets from 58 countries.

"Some of them are unique in the material that they use. For example, in the Philippines, they're made out of newspapers. I have one from the Andes that's made of, including the holy family, automobile parts. There's a set from Africa that shows the United States’ influence, that all the individual figures are made from Coca-Cola cans. I have one set that the stable is probably this high and each individual figure is a single grain of rice that's painted," said Herberger.

Besides his original set, Herberger says he does have a favorite that's a relatively new one to the collection.

"My most-recent favorite is what we call the ‘hipster nativity.’ And that's where the Three Wise Men don't come on camels, they come on Segways. And instead of Gold, Frankincense and Murr, they have Amazon gifts. Joseph is sporting a man-bun and taking a selfie of him and Mary and the baby. And Mary, true to the day and age of 2017, has a latte in one hand, giving a peace sign, and also a duck face for the camera," said Herberger.

The nativities are set up at Saint Columba-Brigid Roman Catholic Church on Hickory Street in Buffalo. The display has become an annual tradition.

"No matter how careful they try to be, unfortunately every year, Joseph loses a head or a shepherd loses a hand, so that's why I want to have a site where it's going to be a permanent set-up," said Herberger.

He hopes to make it a stop for religious pilgrims who come to Western New York to see area shrines, as well a place for field trips.

Next year, he plans to have even more nativities, as he doesn't have any plans to stop collecting.