Thursday, December 19, 2013

What, child, is this?

At some point near the end of her marriage, my mother again started going to church, our Christmases became a little less secular, and it fell upon me—at a mere nine years old—to assemble our family’s first nativity scene. The crèche I built out of Lego, of course; Joseph was the Olympic judo figurine I’d got from a box of Cheerios; and Mary was swiped from my sister’s set of Russian nesting dolls. The greatest abomination, however, was saved for the baby Jesus, where I pulled the hair off a tiny troll and wrapped him in swaddling clothes.

Photo based on a dim memory and the necklaces sold by Hannah Nuttall.

15 comments:

  1. What a novel way to assemble a creche, and leave it to a child's imagination! Super description! Kate, ABC team

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  2. I laughed. A good Christmas belly laugh.

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  3. Whatever works! I wish I could have seen that!

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  4. That is a great idea. :)
    Merry Christmas!

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  5. A nice story! I still have a troll with pink hair.

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  6. oh hahah you truly had the Christmas spirit! You made do with what you had - very creative! Cheers!

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  7. Good. I'm all for a secular Christmas; let everyone celebrate, trolls and all...

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  8. This, this is Christ the King? I like it.
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  9. Reminiscent of the challenges that relate to nativity. Your personal venture at a young age reflected the love and affections. Well penned Roy!

    Hank

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  10. Perfect...thanks for the smile Roy...Happy Holidays to you and yours...

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