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Sandemaniac
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I can't find a nativity thread, but having just spotted the Henry hoover nativity, I wondered whether anyone else has come across creative variations on the theme (I guess it's a good time for someone to introduce the caganer... no, you can fond a link)? I'm sure the Phelps family would cheerfully picket the electrical retailer concerned, but WWED?
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Brenda Clough
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In preschool my daughter made a nativity scene entirely out of the cardboard rolls from toilet tissue and paper towels. Luckily she did not insist that we keep it forever.
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Sandemaniac
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Originally posted by balaam:
Do you mean things like the Coke can nativity?
Yep, that fits! Made me laugh out loud.
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jedijudy
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This one had help from the children, I believe.
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Sioni Sais
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Many years ago whn there was a proper toy shop in Newport I remember a young child buying scale figures for a nativity scene. He bought a few adults (including a couple of shepherds and a milkmaid hefting a pail) plus sheep, a bull and a cow, goats, hens and two pigs.
Not sure about the latter, but I'm sure it made a talking point.
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Pearl B4 Swine
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The Worst Nativity Scenes
What can I say? Laugh hearty, and then Go And Sin No More.
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cliffdweller
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Originally posted by Mr Curly:
Here's one.
game tangent: can you guess which one of those nativities I actually own?
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Lothlorien
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That is thoroughly brilliant. Planning a garage advent calendar for next year already.
That reminded me of my son's attempt at making a gingerbread house at evening run by church. His turned out to be an outside dunny with Santa on the throne. And red back on the seat. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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The Rogue
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We're doing Advent Windows in my town - see my sig.
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Chorister
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One of the churches in our area held a Nativity Festival, where each group made their own nativity scene out of whatever materials they had to hand, the results were dotted all around the church for us to marvel at. My favourite was made by the table tennis club - with Mary and Joseph at either end of the table, supporting TT bats. Baby Jesus was in the centre of the table, with a manger made out of the net folded into a V shape!
This is the picture sent to me by my niece, of a Colombian nativity scene, made inside a hollowed out egg.
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churchgeek
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Originally posted by Chorister:
This is the picture sent to me by my niece, of a Colombian nativity scene, made inside a hollowed out egg.
I remember sugar molded eggshell nativities in the '70s. I don't remember if it was any particular ethnic thing or just a '70s trend. It's a really vague memory only just now called to mind by your post!
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Banner Lady
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We have made our advent calendar this year entirely from the grandson's lego/chima/nanjago sets. Each day he gets to open a door and we are slowly telling the nativity story using each character revealed. You probably wouldn't recognise the winged creature we used as the archangel, but fortunately our grandson has a wonderful imagination and gets it entirely.
So the nativity is set on a different planet, this year...
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Ferijen
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My (tasteful, fair trade shop bought) nativity set has seen a new lease of life this year, as the ferijenet gets old enough to play.
Apparently baby Jesus needed to escape from the dinosaur (wants to crunch crunch baby Jesus mummy) by squeezing into the back of a car (but sshhh mummy, baby Jesus is sleeping!).
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Banner Lady:
We have made our advent calendar this year entirely from the grandson's lego ...
I first read that as "made ... entirely from the grandson's legs" ... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Sandemaniac
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Oooh, here's another one!
Just down the road, too...
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I am not enough of a geek to recognise all the characters in these
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RuthW
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Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
The Worst Nativity Scenes
What can I say? Laugh hearty, and then Go And Sin No More.
Someone gave me the rubber duckie nativity scene a few years back. Setting it out all the decorating I do for Christmas.
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bib
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A little old lady at church knitted a most unusual and beautiful complete nativity set which we have set up in pride of place. Pity I don't have a photo. I have begged her for the patterns, but she is holding them close to her heart.
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Golden Key
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I'll spare the H/As having to look--but if you web search for "zombie nativity ohio", you'll find the outdoor scene that is causing a fuss. Depending on your sense of humor, can be very...disturbing.
Corn husk nativity scenes can be lovely.
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Golden Key
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Just had to share this:
Am watching the "Chef's Life Holiday Special" on our PBS station. They were visiting a family (with small kids) that was playing with the nativity scene, and Grandma was talking to the kids about it. Then:
"Did you put something in your pocket?"
Boy: "I put Baby Jesus in my pocket. He don't fit there."
LOL.
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Piglet
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Am I alone in finding those radishes a bit creepy, in the same way that a clown is creepy?
Have the words "radishes" and "creepy" ever appeared in the same sentence before?
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Pigwidgeon
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Very creepy -- and they look more like Day of the Dead than a Nativity.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Yes - how about this or this instead.
Much better!
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The5thMary
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Originally posted by churchgeek:
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Originally posted by Chorister:
This is the picture sent to me by my niece, of a Colombian nativity scene, made inside a hollowed out egg.
I remember sugar molded eggshell nativities in the '70s. I don't remember if it was any particular ethnic thing or just a '70s trend. It's a really vague memory only just now called to mind by your post!
When I was a wee child attending Catholic grade school, back in the early 70's, we made Christmas decorations with whatever the nuns gave us or told us to bring from home. Thus, on our Christmas tree, my parents hung my and my sisters good Catholic ornaments: A plastic baby Jesus glued to the inside of an empty tuna-fish can covered with sparkly glue and glitter and with a hole punched in the back of the can so the infant Jesus could gaze out of the inside and see our festive tree with lights and a bunch of other baby Jesus figurines..."Hey! I'm part of a Trinity, NOT a sextuplet!". Dear God...baby Jesus in a tuna can...
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Golden Key
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Had to get this in. Anyone for a year-long, chocolate Advent calendar?
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doubtingthomas
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Belatedly remembered (when I couldn't post) - apparently this construction in a German parish church in 2013 contained over a 1000 figures of a (nationally) popular toy set lent by about 40 local families.
And several conifers...
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