Boing Boing alerted me to a kit to make a nativity crèche out of S’mores.
If an edible nativity scene doesn’t offend you, then perhaps Madame Tussaud’s controversial nativity exhibit won’t seem so bad:
Church leaders united on Wednesday to condemn a Christmas Nativity tableau depicting soccer star David Beckham as Joseph and his pop singer wife Victoria as the Virgin Mary.
Anglicans, Catholics and Presbyterians called the exhibit at Madame Tussaud’s waxwork museum in London a new low in the cult of celebrity worship.
In the tableau, Australian pop star Kylie Minogue hovers above the crib as an angel while “Posh Spice” Victoria lays her shawled head tenderly on Beckham’s shoulder.
Tony Blair, George W. Bush and the Duke of Edinburgh star as The Three Wise Men. The shepherds are played by Hollywood star Samuel L. Jackson, British actor Hugh Grant and camp Irish comedian Graham Norton.
Finally, Boing Boing, in the tellingly-titled post “Have a coprophilic Catalan Christmas,” describes the Christmas traditions involving the caga tio or “shit log.” I guess I shouldn’t poke fun at holiday traditions I don’t understand (the Ukrainian one of throwing kutia at the ceiling is a bit unusual too), but all I can think of when I hear about this is Mr. Hankey (South Park’s Christmas Poo). 😉
