Posted on 12/01/2011 5:58:14 AM PST by surroundedbyblue
a few years back i posted a long series of bad nativity sets. last year i grouped them all into one post — 20 of them at that point — and it became my highest trafficked post of all time. but people sent me more and a stumbled onto a few myself. so… this year, the list has 27! merry christmas all, and enjoy or be horrified by this weird collection of nativity oddness.
the kitty cat nativity. makes me want to cough up a hairball.
the nativity kitchen timer:
the (peruvian) cowboy nativity. yee-ha!
yeah, the cat nativity is probably worse. but these dogs ain’t much better…
technically, not a nativity. but it’s a christmas lawn ornament, showing (can you believe it?) the flogging of jesus on the way to the cross. there’s some christmas cheer for your neighborhood!
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Nativity #15 appears to be the Veggie Tales characters so the figures would all be vegetables. The Veggie Tales series is actually very cute - they are singing animated vegetables who act out bible stories.
I think the concept of vegetables representing the Holy Family is a bit out there, however
The following observation is slightly off topic: the only place I could find a Nativity set for sale was the HallMark store. I did not see them at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or other spots in the mall.
Yes I had to purchase mine from a Catholic bookstore. Times are different - when I was a kid, every major retailer sold them. Sad.
A neighborhood in Austin is well known in that area for it’s annual decorations. Years ago, my wife and I walked the neighborhood to see the displays. Set up in the back window of a VW Microbus (this is Austin after all) was the “surgeon Mary and the little baby cheeses.” Barbie in a doctor outfit and a bunch of little cubes of cheese.
Yeah ... Austin’s weird.
This one looks as if the cook had been drinking all night before making this breakfast.
That one’s very cute!
Makes my Fontanini set look pretty tame, but my kids would love it.
:-)
I go to Ten Thousand Villages every year. I think that they are on line. It’s sort of PC but is staffed by volunteers from the Mennonite church and offers items for sale which are deemed Fair Trade. Very nice stuff. I did buy one nativity which I regret - its from Mongolia and is made of yak wool. Very ugly but interesting. This year my granddaughter at 11 is starting to become interested so I may take her and let her pick one out.
tacky, irreverent ping
I saw a great Nativity scene in a piece of toast the other day. It’s gone, now.
>>I think the concept of vegetables representing the Holy Family is a bit out there, however<<
It’s for kids.
My older daughter got onto Amazon right away.
She wants it for Christmas.
Costco and BJ’s both have very nice nativity sets every year. Maybe its a southern thing, I don’t know.
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