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The fact that the grain on the Joseph-stick is more dense is clearly a sign of the patriarchal hermeneutic of the individual who put this together; the inclusion of wise men, while failing to include the wise women who were certainly there is patently sexist; putting Mary and Joseph on either side of the Jesus-stick is pure, unadulterated heteronormativity gone amok; lastly, whoever assembled the display, by putting the human person-sticks upright, while laying the animal-person sticks horizontally is displaying an unacceptable speciesist tendency. For shame! I will have none of this backwards-thinking, close mindedness under my eco-friendly, live, midwinter holiday tree!
I love it! It would be a real hoot to watch people’s faces as they try to figure it out. Although, Jesus is the real give away.
Tim – Your blog came on the same time I submitted mine. FUNNY! My favorite – “wise women who were certainly there is patently sexist;. Thanks for the laugh.
Hilarious. And brilliant.
Wunderbar, Tim.
Interesting that the German theologically approved “König” should be rendered in the English as “Wise Man” – those wise men at ICEL obviously thought that references to kingship in these democratic times was inappropriate. As to translating “Esel” as “Donkey”, well, I know, you have a different language and you don’t want 13-year olds sniggering …
BTW, do American children learn Frances Chesterton’s “How far is it to Bethlehem”?
I’m afraid people will still be able to figure it out. The names will have to be removed from the blocks and the blocks themselves rearranged into something like Stonehenge if this display is to remain unchallenged on public property.
Interesting!
Londiniensis: I’m American and I’ve never heard of Frances Chesterton’s “How far is it to Bethlehem.” Is it a poetry or a story of some sort?
One of the funniest things I have ever seen/read. Tim Ferguson….BRAVO!! You made my night.
What do you expect from the land of “Ooompah pah” = music?
Is it a Catholic Jenga?
What kind of historical/critical is this? Doesn’t EVERYBODY know that you can’t have shepherds and wise men in the same Nativity scene, because they don’t appear in the same gospel?
Soooo….Can you ACTUALLY buy this? Personally, I think I would. I’d put it out and just tell people I didn’t have time to carve them yet….
Very “The Far Side” ish. I love it!