War On Christmas Week: 10 Amazingly Weird Nativity Scenes
We’re celebrating War on Christmas Week at Mommyish! See our previous posts here.
Nativity scenes are a sacred part of the holiday tradition … or, possibly, an opportunity to showcase your very strange taste in Christmas decorations. We’ve already covered the Catalan tradition of including a miniature pooping figurine in among the wise men and shepherds, but the next piece in our coverage of the war on Christmas (not to mention the war on good taste) shows that there’s plenty of nativity-scene weirdness to be found on our side of the planet, too.
1. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the baby Jesus!
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Okay, this nativity scene is technically all X-Men, but I don’t think they have a catchy slogan like Superman’s. If you look closer, it appears that both Mary and Joseph are portrayed by different versions of Wolverine, as is the Christ child himself. With the amount of time travel the X-Men have survived, the plausibility of Wolverine becoming both of his own parents doesn’t seem that far-fetched.
2. I thought Joseph worked with wood, not bricks
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Mary (who is wearing a suspiciously pirate-y shirt here) must be much better at swaddling than I am, because she turned her baby into a perfect tube shape. Amazing.
3. Look at what the cat dragged in
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Several of these cats are either prayerfully looking skyward, or rolling their eyes at the existence of this set just as hard as I am. Money exchanged hands for the ownership of this. Why?!
4. That font better be Arial
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This minimalist nativity set should go perfectly on your Ikea end table.
5. Ãngel we have heard on high
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How many cans of soda did someone dig through to make this serendipitous scene possible? I just wish they’d gone the extra mile and used an empty Coca-Cola case as the stable and a can koozie as the creche.
6. Edible Nativity
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Okay, now I’m hungry. But are you allowed to represent the baby Jesus with marshmallows like this? I’m pretty sure those ain’t kosher.
7. O Holy Nerd
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While Bill and Ted watched
Their flocks by night
All seated on the ground
The Batman of the Lord came down
And Vaders stood all around
And Vaders stood all around
8. The Fresh Prince of Bethlehem
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Can’t unsee.
9. BRB, driving to Germany
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This German nativity scene makes me wonder if the German translation for “Away in a Manger” has baby Jesus asleep in the sauerkraut instead of the hay.
10. Round yon virgin, tender and mildly seasoned with salt and vinegar
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Believe it or not, this happened in the UK, not in Idaho. Turning the nativity scene into literal small potatoes? Maybe the war on Christmas really is happening. Happy holidays, y’all.
