To get pissed off at nativity sets?

[Cundtbake]

This is my second Christmas thread in a week sorry to everyone who isn't quite ready for it.

DS has decided he'd like us to have a nativity set after admiring one in a shop recently. I'm not particularly religious but his dads family is, and besides I have a fondness for nice little nativity sets.

But as I search online I'm getting increasingly pissed off at these white skinned blond haired sets. Do people really believe that this whole group of middle eastern people were ivory skinned with rosy cheeks and fair hair? Oh apart from perhaps a token black wise man.

Does it bother anybody else?

I've decided to just make my own.

Actually, can you imagine sitting next to Jesus on a bus?

Jesus: hello my friend, would you like to hear about my religion? The Lord is my father and I have 12 followers on twitter...

You'd move seats

More minimalism. Though perhaps a step too far...

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Someone should start a 'how is religion offensive?' thread so as to leave this one on the nativity sets.

As someone else said I'm an atheist and if I were buying one I'd want it to look like the people who lived in that region.

It may be natural to make them look like yourself, but I suspect it's also because the first people to make them wanted Jesus in their homes/churches not 'foreigners'

I have a fab nativity set knitted by one of my mum's friends - ask a knitty friend/rel to do it and you can choose your own skin/hair colour! (Pattern is by Jean Greenhowe).

We have a play mobile nativity, though the Camry and other props tend to get separated from the rest and its a bit of a pain rounding it all up every year. Not sure of the ethnicity of the Holy family.
We also have an ELC one, and a knitted one. Actually the knitted ones are definitely olive complexioned and dark haired.

Camry? That would be the camel

:o I was just thinking " I really know very little about nativity sets. I don't even know what the Camry is and shouldn't have come on this thread"

This one is more up my street

And this site has some lovely ones to pick from

BitOutOfPractice always awkward deciding who eats the baby Jesus..

You can have baby Jesus - I'll have a wise man because they are bigger and I'm a greedy pig

And that sounded very rude

I'm an atheist but I'd have that cat set in an instant!

The one I knitted is being auctioned in support of MIND by Woolly Hugs on their Facebook page this weekend if anyone is interested in making a bid.

I am soooo making a meat nativity this year! Perfect centrepiece for the Xmas table!

There must be some youtube instructions for loom band nativities.
You could use any colour you like.

(Wanders off to write on toy bricks)

It would certainly be a conversation piece bogey!

Our "bought one" is stained wood and very simplistic - the faces are various shades of brown and they don't have any hair.

The "made one" has white figures, but that's because they are polystyrene, not because they look Caucasian.

A little loads off topic but how would they circumcise Jesus in a barn? Surely theres a lot of H&S violations.

DD was Mary in her school nativity. She's not blonde.

DS was a canopic jar.

"how would they circumcise Jesus in a barn"

It's hard to believe, but people do it at home even now don't they. You get some guy in with his favourite knife. And as a matter of fact it does lead to complications sometimes, but it's a small price to pay.

"DS was a canopic jar." That's the part I'd want. I never could remember the simplest lines.

I may not believe in Jesus, but I do love seeing kids do a Nativity play. I mean how could you not?

My DD played a grave robber in her school christmas play.

I have a duck nativity, and I love it to bits. It is all rubber ducks dressed as the nativity.
I do have to spend the entire Christmas period stopping DS from taking them in to the bath though.
I chose them because DD wanted a nativity set she could play with, and every other set I found was not very play friendly, the ducks however fitted the bill .
Duck Nativity set

Aye but the with the cattle laying and the shepards bringing stuff and the kings hanging around making a nuisance of themselves,not to mention the location it would be a nightmare to get someone to do a house barn call. And the paperwork. Place of circumcision - The shed behind The Camels Head. I'd say the landlord was mighty annoyed.

AIBU to kick out a bunch of squatters in my stable?

hackmum

I dare you to buy a Catalan one that has the figure of a defecating boy in it. Always a talking point.

Whoa, hang on, back up abit - what, pooing boy!?! [juvenile emoticon]