Which Nativity?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 11:47am

Oh my God...Miss Betty Bowers has me so stressed:

HOLIDAY DECOR ALERT: Decide if you are going to have a Matthew nativity or a Luke nativity. Matthew says Mary and Joseph lived in Bethlehem (so I suggest a lot of homespun carpentry -- with no faux finishes). Luke says they lived in Nazareth (so go with that dreadful stable look). Matthew says wise men. Luke...says shepherds. Neither says both. Decorate accordingly.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:52pm

Let me use this as a place to gripe:

Why do so many Nativity Scenes feature only a single shepherd?

Luke's Gospel states that there were more than one, and as they were rather gossipy, it's possible that some were female. You rearely, if ever, see them depicted that way.

[Q]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:54pm

"as they were rather gossipy, it's possible that some were female."

???

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:58pm

I prefer the episode where the doctor is a HUGE fan of Fonzi, and Joey gets kidney stones.

[Q]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 2:02pm

My favorite nativity scene was a cartoon depiction on a sweatshirt I had that had a caption coming from the stable that said, "It's a girl!"

[tommyboy]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 4:29pm

I think it is a MOO point.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 4:39pm

My favorite nativity scene was a cartoon depiction on a sweatshirt I had that had a caption coming from the stable that said, "It's a girl!"

Chandler's a girl! Chandler's a girl!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 5:49pm

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"as they were rather gossipy, it's possible that some were female."


Luke's Gospel describes the shepherds spreading the news of the Divine Birth after visiting the manger. Of course I'm dealing with stereotypes, but men don't tend to spread gossip the way women do. That makes me think that some of the shepherds were women.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 5:53pm

Why is anyone even bringing up the Bible? The nativity Radio City uses has worked for them for years. And when I saw it, the Voice TOLD me Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I felt mysteriously compelled to agree after seeing the pretty chicks in skimpy costumes, the hammy Santa, a show choir, and a freakin' CAMEL! Who needs church when you can see a huge snazzy spectacle each year that tells you what religion you are at the end?

Updated On: 12/6/10 at 05:53 PM

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 6:10pm

Clearly this is the only Nativity set you should own.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 6:12pm

It's too bad that Merry Christmas Charlie Brown didn't tell about the gossipy women.

If you want gossipy women, check out Anna. She's just hanging around the Temple waiting for something juicy. The rabbi barely cuts the foreskin and Anna's off like a shot.

Luke 2:36-38

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 6:18pm

Very possibly the two disciples walking to Emmaeus after the Crucifixion were a married couple. They were discussing matters among them the way a man and woman might.

[Q]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 6:20pm

Here's a biblical woman for you:
Listen to Jezebel.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 9:48pm

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 9:57pm

I prefer when Santa came to see the B.J.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 10:02pm

Heart Failure Jesus!

[mominator]

Posted: 12/7/10 at 4:40pm

That looks quite un-kosher Borstalboy

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 12:09pm

Also, the "wise men" never came to the birth as the part of any of the nativity stories. They came like a year or two later. And none of the stories indicate there were three of them, much less any Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar.