My boss wore an Xmas tie yesterday w/Santa delivering a bag full o'gifts to kids in front of an xmas tree. It's a pretty tie made to look like an oil painting. But here's the important part! His bag was an American flag pattern! Of course I had to comment though I'm sure my boss was disappointed that I did not love his holiday tie to death.
Late in November you really missed out--in our neighborhood we had the stable, housing the hanging turkey, surrounded by the adoring holy family. The pilgrims were outside in the cold along with the toy soldiers.
Now, alas, no more turkey for the adoring holy family, and no more pilgrims. Only Santa out in the cold along with a WHOLE LOT of elves and reindeer. Oh, and another holy family up by the fence, in case you missed the one in the stable.
In the rural South there must be a contest of sorts for catchy Church slogans, displayed on the roadside bulletin board. My all time favorite, from the Baptist Church in Swansea, SC is: "Hang out with Jesus..He hung out for you". We could start a whole new blog devoted to fervently inappropriate religious
expression!
Bravo! Excellent photos! I can only suggest that the Steelers flags may have been taken down since the game. I'm hopeful they'll reappear before the next game.
Jenny: How thoughtful of your neighbours! An understudy holy family just in case Joseph catches a cold, Mary decides these working conditions are just too much for her, and baby Jesus screams and kicks and totally destroys the angelic serene Son of God thing. Holy pinch hitters!
And Anne, these pictures are so perfect -- after all, an awful lot of Christmas is about the butter, sugar, and eggs...
Sometimes I wonder how I would live without you.
What is your theory? Cluelessness, as in, we are a bakery, we are People of Faith so we put our Nativity Scene in the window of our bakery, and it only looks funny to smart alecks? OR, they did this on purpose, for the purpose of entertaining us with mild sacrilege (or severe sacrilege if you're a sensitive soul and don't get out much). Merry merry! xoxo Kay
I don't see anything odd about those statues, I mean, that bread looks really yummy. Maybe they were on Atkins and just really wanted some carbs...?
If someone put that stollen in front of me, I would fold my hands just like Mary. I swear I would. Then I would GRUB.
During my tenure in Squirrel Hill I was frequently amused by watching out for the 3' Menorah lovingly strapped to the top of a mini-van.
Looking forward to adoring the baked goodies of Pittsburgh's South Side upon my return (tomorrow!). Children are wonderful (see my blog for more brilliant insight into their wonderfulness), but baked goods don't talk.
isn't Pittsburgh a fun place??
I missed a great photo op in October (for Halloween)...the yard grotto with Mary surrounded by a dozen lttle tombstones saying RIP--HERE LIES FRANKENSTEIN--etc...
ROFLMAO!!
OH! and naturally don't forget Santa and his sleigh dashing across the yard to the nativity scene---which is overshadowed by a GIANT BLOWUP PITTSBURGH STEELER!!!
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