Baby Jesus in a Nappy
Nov. 28th, 2004 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plumtreeblossomI wandered upon a Christmas carnival today in the New Town section of Edinburgh. It was full of lovely little stalls selling holiday crafts and treats -- lots of handmade chocolates, toffies, country cheeses, decorations of both the quaint and kitsch variety, kiddie rides including a kid's bungie jumping cage that would never be legal in the States (it looked like a blast!), a skating rink... and one extremely odd nativity scene.
It had a decided Scottish spin on it, though I'm not sure the people who created it were aware of that. It was at the near end of the park, life-sized and under a barn red shelter. The biblical characters were dressed in rustic and rather Scottish-flavored garb. The men wore neckerchiefs and peasant shirts, while Mary sat on the floor cross-legged with her dangerously underweight preemie-sized Newborn King over her shoulder in the "burp me" position. The shepherds had a Border Collie. Iss oul goode. :-)
There weren't any Three Wise Men, but if there had been they would probably be bearing gifts of haggis and Glenfiddich.
It had a decided Scottish spin on it, though I'm not sure the people who created it were aware of that. It was at the near end of the park, life-sized and under a barn red shelter. The biblical characters were dressed in rustic and rather Scottish-flavored garb. The men wore neckerchiefs and peasant shirts, while Mary sat on the floor cross-legged with her dangerously underweight preemie-sized Newborn King over her shoulder in the "burp me" position. The shepherds had a Border Collie. Iss oul goode. :-)
There weren't any Three Wise Men, but if there had been they would probably be bearing gifts of haggis and Glenfiddich.
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