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Yes, it\u2019s huge. \u00a0Or, in 2015 terminology, it\u2019s yuuuge! \u00a0 I\u2019m not quite sure how easily we\u2019ll be able to store this after the Christmas season is over (whether we define it as ending after Epiphany or the Baptism of Jesus or Candlemas). \u00a0But, just like I need a sewing project every now and again, he needs a woodworking project.<\/p>\n
It also seems to me that some sort of outdoor nativity set is becoming more common around here, though usually purchased from the local home improvement store. \u00a0And it seems to me that the whole debate about nativity displays at city halls, which has died down, so far as I can tell, into a sort of status quo, has perhaps become less relevant as more people create displays in their front yards. \u00a0Of course, if you\u2019re in a suburb where all homes are in their own tucked-away subdivisions, or in a city where there is no front yard to speak of, this doesn\u2019t work. \u00a0And the same\u2019s true of churches, too \u2014 if the \u201cfront yard\u201d of a church is nothing but a parking lot, perhaps separated from the street by some landscaping berms, then a nativity set means little except to those headed inside.<\/p>\n
Around us, there\u2019s a park where the park district has a \u201choliday lights display\u201d: \u00a0a tree, a gingerbread house, a train, etc. \u00a0Up until a couple years ago, there was never a nativity set, and it didn\u2019t seem to trouble anyone, since directly across the street is a church, which had always had its own display. \u00a0But: \u00a0then a group dedicated to the goal of having nativity displays in public places made the request, and the city accommodated them, with a marked-off corner, which now contains, in one corner, a plastic nativity display, in two further corners, displays by the humanists and the atheists (who at least toned down their message from two years ago<\/a>), and the fourth corner seems to be waiting for a menorah. \u00a0Personally, I liked it better when the church displayed the nativity set instead.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The \u201cBaby Jesus people\u201d: \u00a0that\u2019s the name our kids had for the nativity set when they were small, especially the Playmobil version with more \u201cplay value.\u201d \u00a0(The image below isn\u2019t our actual set; ours came with a cardboard \u201cstable\u201d but had extra pieces in the form of three wise men and a camel, and it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":3415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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