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Alas, yet another Ceramic Abomination, this time: Baby Jesus!

By Heather B. Armstrong November 30, 2004
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  • Shawn

    Yikes. Who buys that stuff?

  • Laura C.

    Do you know what I did? I typed this out on Word and “refreshed” like mad, then pasted it in, just so I’d have a chance at being first. I was #3 once upon a time. In any event, this is the holiest scene I’ve ever seen.

  • Maybe I’ll get that for my step-mom. Would a minister be offended by that? 😉

  • AA

    Ok, between this and the pig…I’m scarred….

  • Laura C.

    Hey, it’s a Dooce creche–the animals all appear to be somewhat constipated.

  • lauren

    ugly squared.

  • Cristina

    This is unrelated to your picture, but I came across this website
    http://www.puppybreak.com and I think you should submit pictures of Chuck!

  • Now the thumbnail really IS a rooster!

  • kim

    now, that is a holy scene. just, what the .. are those holy horses on the left doing?

  • The bug-eyed looks those animals are giving Baby Jesus? Well, that’s just creeeepy….

  • Now I know who buys all the stuff on ebay!!!!

  • GMM

    LOOK AT THAT COW!!!

  • The cow looks a little unconfortable and I’m not sure I want to know what the horse on the left is doing!

  • And who knew there were roosters in the desert?

  • AA

    Though maybe baby Jesus there can help that cow there with her severe osteoporosis…

  • Carol

    Ha! Laura C. – I thought the same thing… that horse looks like he’s in pain.

    I love this!! It’s classic!

  • I think the baby Jesus is weeping.

  • Marie

    Dooce,
    Do you actually own these “ceramic abominations”, or do you just find random freaks in Utah and ask to take pictures of their ugly shit?

  • I think it’s cute…

  • What is wrong with the poor cow? And is that a horse? This is really freaky. Where can I buy it?

  • Amber

    Is it just me or is that mouse like the size of that cow’s head? And the only thing that scares me more than that horse actually sticking his arse into the air that much is the person who decided to manipulate his body into that position in the first place.

  • Laura C.

    Is THIS the sort of thing Mormons go for? No wonder Dooce is an ex-Mormon.

  • This one is even scarier than the last one. Imagine if we took all the money spent on kitschy decorations each year and spent it on finding a cure for cancer. Just imagine.

  • Dre

    Out of curiousity, may I ask, why do you have this?

    Was it a gift?

    A late night drunken 7-11 purchase?

  • ap

    That mouse is far more interested in the chicken’s ass than Baby Jesus.

  • Danielle

    It reminds me of a “claymation christmas.”

    But you know, with all of the animals eyes kind of bugged-out and their necks stuck out, it looks like they are saying “yalp, that’s one Ugly baby.”

  • Danielle

    I suppose that they are supposed to be kneeling… but ugh. how terrible.

    btw AA (#15): cow with osteoporosis! HA!

  • All the animals look like they are on acid and the baby jesus is, like, totally freaking them out, man.

    PS – Did everyone here that Ken Jennings finally lost on Jeopardy? It broke on kottke.org.

  • OK, so then, there are three horses, shall I assume they are the wise men? The chicken and rooster have wings, are they angels? Does that make the cow Mary and the sheep Joseph? And what is the mouse? The little drummer boy?

  • What I wonder is, where are Mary and Joseph?

    “Hey animal dudes–we’re just gonna take a break from all the screee-heee-heeeeming and pop on over to the seven eleven for some smokes. Watch the kid, okay?”

  • Aly

    Baby Jesus could easily be confused with the piggies that your mother is so fond of.

  • I think it’s kind of cute…but I’d never buy that because it actually kind of freaks me out at the same time. The animals..they are just too weird shaped.

  • Where’s the Christmas Lobster?

  • Carol

    My 3-year-old is a farm animal expert thanks to Fisher-Price and this photo really threw him for a loop. He was speechless. For once.

  • Colleen from NJ

    That looks like some weird scene from the animated version of Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”

  • uhhh…wow?

  • patricia

    Vitamin C. Makes your pee too acidic for bacteria.

    Sorry, I had to say it.

  • Sarah – that’s what I was thinking! The thumbnail really is a rooster….what a fugly scene though….playdoh gone wrong!

  • p-hawk

    I’ve seen ceramic nativities where everyone, including Mary, Joseph, Wise Guys, and all the animals, were black bears. *shudders*

  • So, Patricia, what exactly ARE you going to do with that bag of vomit you’ll soon be receiving?
    Shame on you…SHAME!

  • beachgal

    Very interesting. I think this is much better than the pig, but it’s still kind of eerie. That word does not look right spelled out. Maybe it’s wrong…I don’t know.

  • Kristen

    I’m going to have to say that I like it – maybe I’d change my mind if I saw it in person, but I like the idea of all the animals being there (and the Sandra Boyton-ish animals are my kind of animals!) without Mary and Joesph.

  • Laura

    Does it look to anyone else like Baby Jesus is swaddled in…a lettuce leaf?

  • red

    i’m assuming this is another one of your mothers ceramic knick-knacks.

    i’m from oklahoma. i can’t help that i just referred to them as “knick-knacks.”

  • Kano

    I knew this was going to happen. I like that Nativity set. Where did it come from?

  • beachgal

    It DOES look like a lettuce leaf…that’s funny.

  • Laura, I’ll bet it’s cabbage. Mary must’ve been engorged.

  • Karen

    Could someone please tell what is the prize for being ‘first’ to post when a new photo appears? Are we registered for a new car or something? I don’t get it…

  • No Laura – not a lettuce leaf, a seaweed wrap….he is going for that sushi roll look!

  • away in a manger…only a chicken and a bed…

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