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I had wondered a few days back whether there can be anything more kitsch at Christmas time than those loud-colored, ceramic nativity scenes, one of which graces our coffee table and has become my two-year-old daughter’s play toy of choice these days. \u00a0Apparently, it does get more kitsch and our creche is tame by comparison. Thanks to a recent Beliefnet inventory of off-the-wall nativity sets from around the world, marshmallow shepherds and mini-frankfurter baby Jesuses have put our kitsch to shame. \u00a0Are these the product of just way too much time on somebody’s hands or what?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Love-Family\/Holidays\/Christmas\/Cute-and-Crazy-Nativity-Scenes.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Next, stay tuned for a touching true Christmas story about the power of Love. \u00a0Then don’t miss the final countdown of our “Weird Jesus Sayings” series.<\/p>\n

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I had wondered a few days back whether there can be anything more kitsch at Christmas time than those loud-colored, ceramic nativity scenes, one of which graces our coffee table and has become my two-year-old daughter’s play toy of choice these days. \u00a0Apparently, it does get more kitsch and our creche is tame by comparison.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,123,94,65],"tags":[300,299,298],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-incarnation","category-religion","category-the-bible","tag-birth-of-jesus","tag-christmas-kitsch","tag-cute-and-crazy-nativity-scenes"],"yoast_head":"\nDoes It Get Any More Kitsch Than This? - Fellowship of Saints and Sinners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2011\/12\/does-it-get-any-more-kitsch-than-this.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does It Get Any More Kitsch Than This? 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