Mid-Morning Art Thread

Nativity. Birth of Jesus
Giotto di Bondone

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Marry Christmas

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

2 1

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (fwDg9)

3 Just like our house. The kid's in our bed and I'm outside on the couch....

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (0eaVi)

4 Giotto!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (dDmld)

5 Or 2
Could be a icon but not sure

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (fwDg9)

6 Part of a series in Padua's Scrovegni Chapel, and his first mature work, the cycle is considered to be one of the greatest achievements in Western art. The frescoes fill the chapel, forming a narrative.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

7 Thank you, CBD!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (VnUSN)

8 Scrovegni Chapel

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (dDmld)

9 Very Merry Christmas to all

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (XHxxX)

10 Looks like a kid has taken a nail file to it.

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (Yj6Os)

11 Nativity. Birth of Jesus
Giotto
Original Title: Natività. Nascita di Gesù
Date: c.1304 - c.1306
Style: Proto Renaissance
Series: Scenes from the Life of Christ
Genre: religious painting
Media: fresco
Location: Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy
Dimensions: 200 x 185 cm

6'6" X 6'2"

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

12 1 Marry Christmas
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

um

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (VnUSN)

13 It was done in fresco, not on wood panels as I thought it might be

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (fwDg9)

14 Would hang.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, CBD!

Posted by: Gref at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (aBgBM)

15 Dog?

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 09:35 AM (VnUSN)

16
*Squawwwk!*

"Took over a pagan holiday!"

*Squawwwk!*

"Jesus wasn't born on December 25th!"

*Squawwwk!*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:36 AM (dxSpM)

17 It was done in fresco, not on wood panels as I thought it might be

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:34 AM (fwDg9)

Embiggen it....looks to be on canvas, to me.

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:36 AM (Yj6Os)

18 Wood adorn the side of my van, if my van was made of damp plaster.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (dDmld)

19 Joy to the World!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZnRoRihyc

Posted by: huerfano at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (DKIGo)

20 Wood adorn the side of my van, if my van was made of damp plaster.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (dDmld)

bondo

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (Yj6Os)

21 15 Dog?

We don’t want a dog in the manger.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (v6JzV)

22 18 Wood adorn the side of my van, if my van was made of damp plaster.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:37 AM (dDmld)

bondo would work

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (gbOdA)

23 Thanks, CBD.
Happy Hanukkah to you and yours.

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (BSDFI)

24 sorry BJ missed your comment

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:38 AM (gbOdA)

25 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:39 AM (gbOdA)

26
Weigh not his crib, his wooden dish,
Nor beasts that by him feed;
Weigh not his mother's poor attire
Nor Joseph's simple weed.
This stable is a prince's court,
This crib his chair of state,
The beasts are parcel of his pomp,
The wooden dish his plate.
The persons in that poor attire
His royal liveries wear;
The prince himself is come from heaven—
This pomp is prizèd there.
With joy approach, O Christian wight,
Do homage to thy king;
And highly prize his humble pomp
Which he from heaven doth bring.

- St. Robert Southwell

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:39 AM (dxSpM)

27 This reminds me of the thousands of icons I saw in Russia. Thousands of them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 09:40 AM (RIvkX)

28 No Little Drummer Boy. Not Art.

Posted by: The guy who always says "Not Art!" at December 25, 2024 09:40 AM (991eG)

29 Closest thing to a white Christmas we had in years from light snow a couple days ago and a little refresh yesterday

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 09:41 AM (fwDg9)

30 Not only did Giotto revolutionize painting by breaking from the formalistic Byzantine style thus initiating the early Renaissance, but he was also a creative architect. He designed the campanile on the Duomo in Florence.

It was always good to have more than one skill set back then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:41 AM (dDmld)

31 This work was done by Al Fresco?

I'm confused.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 09:42 AM (WXNFJ)

32 The angels look like kids jumping on the top bunk.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 25, 2024 09:43 AM (WXNFJ)

33 Linguini swaddling?

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 09:43 AM (Fg0Nr)

34 10 Looks like a kid has taken a nail file to it.
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (Yj6Os)

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Give me a paintbrush and an hour. I'll fix it.

Posted by: Cecilia Gimenez at December 25, 2024 09:44 AM (dDmld)

35 Joy to the world
The Lord is come

Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:45 AM (LkLld)

36
Looks like a kid has taken a nail file to it.
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:33 AM (Yj6Os)

______

"I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll repaint any fresco, any color for $29.95. No ups, no extras."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (dxSpM)

37 No Little Drummer Boy. Not Art.
Posted by: The guy who always says "Not Art!" at December 25, 2024 09:40 AM (991eG)

This guy gets it!
- Zombies Peart, Bonham, and Moon

Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (BSDFI)

38 St. Karen in Bethlehem - a limerick

"I came to your inn as a stranger
From a journey filled with turmoil and danger
Imagine my frustration
That you lost my reservation
So Mister, I DEMAND to see your manger!"

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (991eG)

39 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Do not miss your visitation. The prophesy is fulfilled.

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

Posted by: Vlad at December 25, 2024 09:48 AM (MvBss)

40 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Merry Christmas Hordemates!
Goes looking for coffee.
*checks stocking *
*smiles*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2024 09:49 AM (W/lyH)

41 Nice.
But where's the kid with the drum?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 09:50 AM (dg+HA)

42 35 Joy to the world
The Lord is come

Merry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 25, 2024 09:45 AM (LkLld)

*plugs in 50 strands of 100 imported Italian lights*

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:50 AM (gbOdA)

43 Would hang if I had a chapel.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Our extended family celebrated both a few weeks ago,
before our elders traveled to warmer climes. The last time they coincided, our Jewish relatives put up a Hanukkah Bush. It looked rather like a Christmas tree.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 25, 2024 09:53 AM (KdWM9)

44 Nice painting.

Posted by: dantesed at December 25, 2024 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

45
Who names their kid Giotto?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (dxSpM)

46 I own a wood panel work that has plaster, paint and extensive gold leaf done by a master of gold leaf, Louis Ross, from 1940. It's 8'x9' oak panel and trim. I rescued it from demolition in a building adjacent to Madison Square Garden in 1985. Had to strap it to the roof of my van. Art Deco style has cows, chickens, a farm couple, wheat, cotton plant, spice plants, etc. If I could figure out tinyurl I would share.

Posted by: NC Coast Christmas Greetings at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (G5+As)

47 Who names their kid Giotto?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (dxSpM)

Who names their kid Luigi?

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 09:56 AM (Yj6Os)

48 38 St. Karen in Bethlehem - a limerick

"I came to your inn as a stranger
From a journey filled with turmoil and danger
Imagine my frustration
That you lost my reservation
So Mister, I DEMAND to see your manger!"
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 09:47 AM (991eG)

Nice

There once was a Saint named St Karen
Whose uterus was intentionally barren
Her disciples hair beige
The Stylish Haircut of Rage
As in unison their griefs they be airin'

Posted by: jsg at December 25, 2024 09:56 AM (Fg0Nr)

49 Who names their kid Giotto?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024

***
Is that an Italian variant (along with Giorgio) of "George"? Or maybe of "Joseph"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 09:56 AM (omVj0)

50 Merry Christmas, everyone! Christ is born today ♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at December 25, 2024 09:57 AM (IgNPS)

51 Angel comes to visit Mary and Joseph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpPPKtaayhM

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 09:58 AM (gbOdA)

52 Merry Christmas, Teresa.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (v6JzV)

53 First sip of Christmas coffee down the hatch. Fought off the rabble for the last carton of egg nog at the Publix last night.

Now to start the Beef Wellington.

Have a wonderful and holy day, blessed be the Horde.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (orW8n)

54 Teresa in FW. Good to see you this morning Merry Christmas

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (2NHgQ)

55 . . . With joy approach, O Christian wight,
Do homage to thy king;
And highly prize his humble pomp
Which he from heaven doth bring.

- St. Robert Southwell
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 25, 2024

***
There are two serious and very affecting poems about Jesus in Dorothy Parker's work. I don't have time to type them in now, but I'll get to it later today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 09:59 AM (omVj0)

56 I got my toilet repaired just in time for guests to dinner yesterday. Christmas was saved!

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 10:00 AM (QfvaV)

57 NC Coast - have suggested trying Postimage, I have a account but have not signed in yet can get a picture into a jpg that isn't saved on my file.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:00 AM (fwDg9)

58 How do they calculate the date of Hanukkah? I know it’s based on the lunar calendar, but what are the specifics?

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 10:00 AM (v6JzV)

59 I got my toilet repaired just in time for guests to dinner yesterday. Christmas was saved!
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024

***
So you're feeling flush?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (omVj0)

60 I gave hubby Black Rifle coffee in his stocking. Hope it isn’t took weak. He loves him some paint thinner disguised as coffee.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (2NHgQ)

61 Joseph is Giuseppe in Italian

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

62 Lurking goat.

Posted by: davidt at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (i0F8b)

63 Manger cat missed the picture.

Posted by: DaveA at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (FhXTo)

64 Very nice interpretation of the nativity. Well done CBD.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 25, 2024 10:02 AM (XsuFr)

65 So you're feeling flush?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:01 AM (omVj0)

Heh!

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 10:02 AM (QfvaV)

66 Joseph is Giuseppe in Italian
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024

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Right, but could "Giotto" be a variant?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:02 AM (omVj0)

67 It was always good to have more than one skill set back then.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 09:41 AM (dDmld)
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You bet!

Posted by: Leonardo da Vinci at December 25, 2024 10:03 AM (6K6Eu)

68 Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah to everyone.

The simplicity of the setting Giotto used makes the scene even more meaningful. The blue sky and gold of the clothing is reflected in Mary's robe, tying the rich, special aspects of the color scheme together. Mary is the central figure, even more than Jesus, which surprised me. Even resting Joseph (I assume) is central. It seems to emphasize the human aspect in the miraculous birth. Interesting and effective.

Posted by: JTB at December 25, 2024 10:04 AM (yTvNw)

69 Giotto is Italian for Geoffrey or Godfrey. (Because apparently they are the same?)

Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024 10:04 AM (QfvaV)

70 Nice selection, CBD. Thanks.

Radio was playing "Morning Has Broken" sung like a carol. Very pretty.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 10:05 AM (kpS4V)

71 Off to church. Back later, folk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 25, 2024 10:06 AM (omVj0)

72 Giotto is Italian for Geddy

*electric lute licks.*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 10:07 AM (kpS4V)

73 What is dark spot on guy on right side's arm?

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:07 AM (fwDg9)

74 What was done with the umbilical cord of Jesus?

Imagine the stem cells therapies that could have been developed.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 25, 2024 10:08 AM (orW8n)

75 Poor Joseph is done tuckered out.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)

76 Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah, Horde.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:08 AM (hoCmQ)

77 What is dark spot on guy on right side's arm?

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:07 AM (fwDg9)

web tat

Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2024 10:09 AM (Yj6Os)

78 God jul, Horden!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (6K6Eu)

79 The ox represents Jews (by analogy to circumcision), and the donkey represents Gentiles (the vice versa analogy).

Giotto has them both lined up at the feed trough, in a way that is reminiscent of communicants lining up at the Communion rail, or the door of a roodscreen. They are not jostling each other, but are at peace.

The ox is making eye contact with Mary, practically, while the donkey's head is bowed.

The shepherds' sheep are also looking at the Child, but the black goat who is with them is turned away. He's the only creature in the entire painting who isn't turned toward Jesus.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (p2GXS)

80 Is that a tat or a spider on that shepherd's left elbow?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (hoCmQ)

81 70 “Morning Has Broken” is more of a springtime hymn to me. A birds and flowers kind of thing.

Posted by: Bulg at December 25, 2024 10:10 AM (v6JzV)

82 I got my toilet repaired just in time for guests to dinner yesterday. Christmas was saved!
Posted by: blaster at December 25, 2024

That's good, 'cuz the shitter's full.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at December 25, 2024 10:12 AM (dg+HA)

83 Actually, not all the angels are looking directly at Jesus, but they seem to be doing something official. Bodyguards for Mary, maybe.

And St. Joseph is asleep, poor guy, and he's facing outwards. But he's probably having some kind of prophetic dream again, and he knows the shepherds are temporarily on watch.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:13 AM (p2GXS)

84 I count 7 sheep. Or is one a ram?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:15 AM (hoCmQ)

85 Okay, some of the sheep are also staring at us.

Man, that would be freaky on a wall.

Re: Giotto, apparently the slanty/slitted human eyes look less weird when you're actually standing in the chapel, because they are painted to have eyes more visible when you are standing underneath the paintings and looking up. Or so I've heard.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:17 AM (p2GXS)

86
*Or is one a ram?*
Shepherds are pining for the F150s.

Posted by: Ford Motor Company at December 25, 2024 10:17 AM (dg+HA)

87 I counted 3 rams, 2 ewes, lamb, goat, donkey and cow

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:18 AM (fwDg9)

88 I count 7 sheep. Or is one a ram?
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:15 AM (hoCmQ)
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THERE! ARE! SIX! SHEEP!

Posted by: Delirious Picard at December 25, 2024 10:18 AM (6K6Eu)

89 The Shepard dogs were no doubt out watching the flock

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:19 AM (fwDg9)

90 Very nice work, appropriate for the occasion. I have some little Christmas cards, it looks like the artist took inspiration from from the angels atop the stable

Posted by: kallisto at December 25, 2024 10:19 AM (lgKyC)

91
This work was done by Al Fresco?

I'm confused.
Posted by: Tonypete

He was the painter. His cousin, Al Dente, was the dentist.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 10:20 AM (cWeHZ)

92 Who is the lady who's assisting Mary?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:20 AM (6K6Eu)

93 3 rams , 1 ewe facing left, ewe and lamb with ghost in back facing right

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:20 AM (fwDg9)

94 The angels are singing while the one angel is talking to the shepherds. Now I get it.

It's a combination of scenes, with the shepherd announcement right next to the place where the shepherds end up going.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:21 AM (p2GXS)

95 Good Christmas morning, horde!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 10:21 AM (OX9vb)

96 If I could figure out tinyurl I would share.
Posted by: NC Coast Christmas Greetings at December 25, 2024 09:55 AM (G5+As)

Oh! I would love to see that!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 25, 2024 10:22 AM (OX9vb)

97 88 I count 7 sheep. Or is one a ram?
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 25, 2024 10:15 AM (hoCmQ)
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THERE! ARE! SIX! SHEEP!
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Reminds me of that old gag about the twenty sick sheep next to a cliff. One falls off. How many are left?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (waLMR)

98
Merry Christmas and many thanks for the moron comments that bring joy all year long!

Posted by: Auspex at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (jjbtL)

99 92 Who is the lady who's assisting Mary?

I doan know nuthin' bout birthin' no baby!

Posted by: The woman in Gone With The Wind at December 25, 2024 10:24 AM (dg+HA)

100 To the commenter who wants help with tinyurl…
Just send the image directly to to CBD. He can post it for us.
That work sounds amazing! Good job by you salvaging it!

Posted by: kallisto at December 25, 2024 10:24 AM (//uTY)

101 Reminds me of that old gag about the twenty sick sheep next to a cliff. One falls off. How many are left?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (waLMR)
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None. The rest of the sheep freak out and run off.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:25 AM (6K6Eu)

102 NC Coast Christmas Greetings

Just use the regular URL and I will fix it.

I would love to see that panel!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 10:26 AM (d9fT1)

103 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (J5RCE)

104 101 Reminds me of that old gag about the twenty sick sheep next to a cliff. One falls off. How many are left?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:23 AM (waLMR)
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None. The rest of the sheep freak out and run off.
_-_-_-_-_-_
That happens, all right. Kinda like chickens in that regard.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (waLMR)

105 Merry Christmas! Ditto Auspex.

A little late for your Christmas cooking but I’ve just uploaded an 1876 (really 1875, since it’s an almanac) cookbook with some very nice recipes. Cocoanut pie, tomato jam, and molasses gingerbread were the highlights.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:28 AM (EXyHK)

106 That happens, all right. Kinda like chickens in that regard.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (waLMR)
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With cows, it would be more like, "Huh. What happened to Marge? *munch munch munch*"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:29 AM (6K6Eu)

107 Lady assisting Mary -- The "Protoevangelium of James" and some other extra-biblical accounts have Mary assisted by either a midwife, or by various women who were also in the house. These women then provide an extra witness to the miraculous nature of the Virgin Birth.

This would be pretty logical, because if the cave was the stable of a typical Middle Eastern house built onto a cave, and if the guest area (katalyma) were indeed full before the Holy Family got there, that house in Bethlehem would have been chock full of House of David cousins of both sexes. And of course some of the ladies would want to help, and/or poke their noses into whatever was going on.

(The early accounts also include a late-arriving, unbelieving midwife named Salome, who contradicts the other midwife, gets temporarily zotted for being too nosy, and then gets healed.)

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:30 AM (p2GXS)

108 Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and winter holiday to the atheists among us. Time to get me festivities arranged…hope everyone has a relaxed and pleasant day!

Posted by: kallisto at December 25, 2024 10:31 AM (LLIWf)

109 Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 10:30 AM (p2GXS)
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Cool!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:31 AM (6K6Eu)

110 106 That happens, all right. Kinda like chickens in that regard.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:27 AM (waLMR)
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With cows, it would be more like, "Huh. What happened to Marge? *munch munch munch*"
_-_-_-_-_-_-
Here comes a car. Let's go stand in the road. [Novice driver honks the horn] Time to eat everybody!!! Let's ALL go stand in the road.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 25, 2024 10:32 AM (waLMR)

111 But where's the kid with the drum?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 25, 2024 09:50 AM (dg+HA)

Bobbing for brine shrimp in the Dead Sea, hopefully.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:32 AM (8zz6B)

112 Move aside , kid. And knock it off with the drum.

Posted by: Melchior at December 25, 2024 10:32 AM (muwun)

113 Jake Leg Jimmy @JakeLegJimmy1 22m
Rudolph is called a hero again by Santa Claus for safely guiding the team past the trigger happy USD Gettysburg. Merry Christmas everyone!

https://tinyurl.com/nyakefrs
meme

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:33 AM (hovnC)

114 Unconfirmed reports indicate that in honor of Kwanzaa, First Gentleman Emhoff has smacked Kamala into next Tuesday.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 10:34 AM (muwun)

115 https://tinyurl.com/nyakefrs
meme
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:33 AM (hovnC)
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AI can't seem to put the reindeer on the actual reins.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:34 AM (6K6Eu)

116 Worst take on Christmas.

[Troon Cambridge Dean] India Willoughby@IndiaWilloughby
And trans. Self impregnating organisms - Mary - give birth to genetic copies of themself, so Jesus must have transitioned to male at some point. Just as Eve was probably XY chromosomes, given she was cloned from Adam’s rib. Which means she would have been banned from athletics by @sebcoe and called a man by my sis. Happy Christmas everybody by @sebcoe and called a man by my sis. Happy Christmas everybody.

J.K. Rowling@jk_rowling
If life has taught me anything, it's that it's a huge mistake to think things can't get any more insane.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:35 AM (L/fGl)

117 Unconfirmed reports indicate that in honor of Kwanzaa, First Gentleman Emhoff has smacked Kamala into next Tuesday.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 25, 2024 10:34 AM (muwun)
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Kwanzaa also features Feats of Strength?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:35 AM (6K6Eu)

118
"Mary's Little Boy Child" - Jester Hairston

From "A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert" (Sony)

youtu.be/ncO516UuS0E?si=hk8Rmy1nlLF4tkUU

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 25, 2024 10:35 AM (xG4kz)

119 Breaking: Man's body discovered in wheel well of commercial jetliner after landing in Maui.

On a positive note -- and to the delight of the passengers who paid for a real seat -- the United Airlines B787-10 crew completed the scheduled 9+ hour flight from Chicago with a 34-minute early arrival, which was nice.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (Y1sOo)

120 Mrs. F. reporting heavy smoke coming from Jabalya and Beit Lahiya

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

121 Cuteness Alert:

At Christmas Eve candlelight service last night after every hymn (and we sang lots of them), as the last notes of each hymn died down, the voice of a little girl (maybe 3 or 4 years old) rang out from the back of the church loud enough for everyone to hear, "ALL DONE!"

Like she had finished eating her vegetables or something.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (991eG)

122 113 Jake Leg Jimmy @JakeLegJimmy1 22m
Rudolph is called a hero again by Santa Claus for safely guiding the team past the trigger happy USD Gettysburg. Merry Christmas everyone!

https://tinyurl.com/nyakefrs
meme
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:33 AM (hovnC)

Yikes!

USD --> USS

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 10:37 AM (VnUSN)

123 We're lucky to have a couple of actual Ital-speakers aboard, so maybe someone can unpack the intricacies. Looks like "Giotto" is the diminutive of "Ambrose," which won't get anybody going much. Little Ambrose, yeah OK.

But there are word jokes in other languages, just like we have: "Giacomo" James is close to "Giacoso" laughing, so calling somebody Jokin' Jim is just a given.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (zdLoL)

124 So, are there any traditional stories about the shepherds?
How was it that they got the incredible blessing of having angels tell them of Christ's birth?
Just wondering if they were particularly good giys or something.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (J5RCE)

125 Peace on Earth, good will toward men....
- that's the gift, it's not an offer.

Posted by: Eromero at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (LHPAg)

126 Where's the damn nog?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 25, 2024 10:42 AM (dg+HA)

127 So, are there any traditional stories about the shepherds?
How was it that they got the incredible blessing of having angels tell them of Christ's birth?
Just wondering if they were particularly good giys or something.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 10:40 AM (J5RCE)
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My thought is that it's because Jesus is here for everybody, not just "the elite." These guys were regular schmoes who happened to be there and got invited.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:43 AM (6K6Eu)

128 Mrs. F. reporting heavy smoke coming from Jabalya and Beit Lahiya

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

Not enough.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2024 10:43 AM (d9fT1)

129 Mrs. F. reporting heavy smoke coming from Jabalya and Beit Lahiya
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

Don't they know it's Christmas?

/

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:43 AM (8zz6B)

130 These guys were regular schmoes who happened to be there and got invited.

Yeah. They were awake and watching. “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:45 AM (EXyHK)

131 Perhaps the shepherds served to foreshadow some upcoming parables.

Posted by: Just spit balling here... at December 25, 2024 10:45 AM (dg+HA)

132 @41 Where's the kid with the drum?

Once in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell
And I was the kid with the drum

--Yip Harburg, commie propagandist and Friend of Dorothy, sparing a dime

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:46 AM (zdLoL)

133 Do angel wings make a flapping sound? If so, it could be pretty noisy there, with an entire flock of them doing circuits over the Manger.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:46 AM (8zz6B)

134 So, are there any traditional stories about the shepherds?
How was it that they got the incredible blessing of having angels tell them of Christ's birth?
Just wondering if they were particularly good giys or something.
Posted by: vmom

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There are numerous references to shepherds throughout the Bible, both Old and New Testament. Maybe not those specific shepherds. King David as a youth tended his father's flocks while his older brothers went to war against the Philistines. The 23rd Psalm in particular. Jesus' parable of the sheepfold.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:48 AM (991eG)

135 Native Patriot @LaNativePatriot 8h
America is supposed to be a Christian nation, start acting like it

https://tinyurl.com/jy9w68e4
meme

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:48 AM (hovnC)

136 Afternoon feast is prepped or in the oven. Dishes in the washer for the next phase.

Coffee is poured, cat has been brushed into a lather ("Did I tell you you could stop?!"), now it's time to chill.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 25, 2024 10:50 AM (kpS4V)

137 Like she had finished eating her vegetables or something.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:36 AM (991eG)
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Love that. So precious. I'm sure her mom was shriveling up beside her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 25, 2024 10:50 AM (RIvkX)

138 No, angels are like owls.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (D7oie)

139 Use to nap in between the engines on top A-10s and did that often. Glad one never took off or even started the engines while up there.

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (fwDg9)

140 Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV 17h
This is a Christmas present they will NEVER forget 😂
The Appalachian Podcast

https://tinyurl.com/f7b8tjpx
34 seconds; surprising gift

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (hovnC)

141 My thought is that it's because Jesus is here for everybody, not just "the elite." These guys were regular schmoes who happened to be there and got invited.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar

Blue collar shepards.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 25, 2024 10:52 AM (L/fGl)

142 There are numerous references to shepherds...

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The Old Testament is full of crooks.

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (991eG)

143 Luke a stickler for dates, seems to date the exact time that Jesus was coming into the word, they were astronomers of a sort, or at least observers of the sky,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (dJR17)

144 https://tinyurl.com/f7b8tjpx
34 seconds; surprising gift
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:51 AM (hovnC)
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Warning: 'possum abuse.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (6K6Eu)

145 Do angel wings make a flapping sound? If so, it could be pretty noisy there, with an entire flock of them doing circuits over the Manger.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:46 AM (8zz6B)

I'm not saying it was Aliens, but is was Aliens.

Posted by: Giorgio A Tsoukalos, Weirdo Ancient Alien Guy at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (R/m4+)

146 At least this does not appear to be terror related, more of a case of hurt feelings!
UK: Man arrested for attempted murder as car rams into crowd

https://mol.im/a/14225695

Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (i0xsb)

147 138 No, angels are like owls.
Posted by: Kindltot

So they can swivel their heads all the way around?

Posted by: Is that in the Bible? at December 25, 2024 10:53 AM (dg+HA)

148 There are numerous references to shepherds throughout the Bible, both Old and New Testament. Maybe not those specific shepherds. King David as a youth tended his father's flocks while his older brothers went to war against the Philistines. The 23rd Psalm in particular. Jesus' parable of the sheepfold.
Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:48 AM (991eG)

Shepherds were the IT engineers of the Biblical era.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 10:54 AM (8zz6B)

149 Not as bad as Magdeburg for casualties at least if not MFM/police reactions:

Turning Point UK @TPointUK 5h
A 31-year-old man has been arrested.

The Met Police have claimed it's 'not terror related'.

As usual they haven't named the driver.
[four injured on a Shaftsbury Avenue in the UK someplace]

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:54 AM (hovnC)

150 The Old Testament is full of crooks.

So is my Christmas tree.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:55 AM (EXyHK)

151 America is supposed to be a Christian nation, start acting like it

Some People are never more than one burning cross from a pogrom.

That one guy who's always right there to tell you how a real Christian has to act -- he bears a lot of watching.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

152 A little late for your Christmas cooking but I’ve just uploaded an 1876 (really 1875, since it’s an almanac) cookbook with some very nice recipes. Cocoanut pie, tomato jam, and molasses gingerbread were the highlights.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 10:28 AM (EXyHK)

I adore old cookbooks. I think it is the simplicity of the preparation equipment, and not relying on things like crushed ritz crackers and cream of mushroom soup.

"simmer" "hard simmer" "seeth" "boil" and "over a low bank of coals" are about as complicated as I like, and the instruction that "the meat should stick a little as you fry it to assure the best flavor" is a delightful way to say that you really need a hot pan to sear your meat for a stew.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 10:56 AM (D7oie)

153 Narendra Modi @narendramodi 3h
Best wishes to Prime Minister @netanyahu and to all people around the world who are celebrating Hanukkah. May the Zohar of Hanukkah illuminate everyone's lives with hope, peace and strength. Happy Hanukkah!
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Google translate from the Hebrew.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 10:57 AM (hovnC)

154 He's a mostly peaceful driver.

Posted by: The Met Police at December 25, 2024 10:57 AM (dg+HA)

155 Love that. So precious. I'm sure her mom was shriveling up beside her.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

************

I don't think she was. It was just such a pure innocent thing for the girl to do. Almost like punctuation. Or a pre-school version of "Amen!"

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 10:59 AM (991eG)

156 God rest you merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 11:00 AM (gbOdA)

157 I meant those particular shepherds.
I am just curious about who thry were, and what happened to them afterwards.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (J5RCE)

158 WE HAZ A MONKEY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (fwDg9)

159 DAvid Morrell, the man behind Rambo, suggested they were spies of a sort, he did it through a character who also was a soy

Posted by: miguel cervantes at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (dJR17)

160 Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 25, 2024 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

I'm not familiar with that man's posts, ( I don't have an X account and don't read much on x unless it's posted on here. But I think it was more of a joke on leftist getting upset because of "Year of Our Lord"
than any suggestion of endorsing pogroms

Happy holidays to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (x+MYT)

161 I think it is the simplicity of the preparation equipment, and not relying on things like crushed ritz crackers and cream of mushroom soup.

I enjoy the puzzle sometimes, too. What did these instructions mean to the person writing the recipe? What were they assuming that we have forgotten?

Like salt. Pre-refrigeration, the problem with salt wasn’t adding it, it was getting rid of it at the time of use. That’s why (I suspect) so many old recipes omit how much salt to add.

And you rarely see the phrase “room temperature” in pre-refrigeration recipes, for the same reason. Room temperature was the standard.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (EXyHK)

162 I typed #149 before having read #146

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:02 AM (hovnC)

163 I bought a couple of electric heated seed starting mats and wrapped them in blankets for the cats to perch on. The one next to the desk I work at almost always has a cat on it.
They spread out on it to get as much contact as possible, and eventually get too warm and wander off, and another cat takes the spot.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:03 AM (D7oie)

164 Heated seed covers for your car??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:04 AM (hovnC)

165 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 25, 2024 11:00 AM (gbOdA)

Thanks, and I'm glad the site you took it from put the comma in the correct place so that it's "rest merry, gentlemen" and not "rest you, merry Gentlemen."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (7s5Sb)

166 Great kitty meme for Xmas

https://tinyurl.com/442bb6mz

Posted by: Ciampino - Ispettore, Buon Natale a tutti quanti at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (i0xsb)

167 163 I bought a couple of electric heated seed starting mats and wrapped them in blankets for the cats to perch on. The one next to the desk I work at almost always has a cat on it.
They spread out on it to get as much contact as possible, and eventually get too warm and wander off, and another cat takes the spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:03 AM (D7oie)

Good cats!

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:05 AM (VnUSN)

168 Heated seed covers for your car??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:04 AM (hovnC)

They are water proof heating pads that don't turn off after 15 minutes, and are preset to 75-80 F

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (D7oie)

169 Sheep make for great metaphors /analogies.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 11:06 AM (D6PGr)

170 158 WE HAZ A MONKEY NOOD
Posted by: Skip at December 25, 2024 11:01 AM (fwDg9)

Posted by: m at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (VnUSN)

171 very nice painting and a lot of nice details that other posters noted who know more about art than I do. I appreciate their comments!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (7s5Sb)

172 They are waterproof heating pads that don't turn off after 15 minutes, and are preset to 75-80 F
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My back could use those too and many say that I'm pretty seedy so maybe that makes sense?

See you on the new thread.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 25, 2024 11:08 AM (hovnC)

173 Isaiah portrayed the Messiah as a shepherd:

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

/Isaiah 40:11

Posted by: muldoon at December 25, 2024 11:09 AM (991eG)

174 Bethlehem had a place called Migdal Eder (tower of the flock), which was owned by the Temple, and used to raise lambs for Passover. It also came into Messianic prophecy.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at December 25, 2024 05:00 PM (p2GXS)

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