Entry: Do You See What I See? Sunday, November 16, 2008



It is no secret that I am an animal over. I also enjoy Christmas, and, although we really have no room for one in my home, I admire Nativity sets and recall playing with the figurines hidden in the hay of the set we had in display when I was a child.

I received a catalog yesterday from a gift/housewares company. Thumbing through the pages of attractive topiaries and other traditional Chrismas decor, I came across something with more, uh, NOVELTY.  Now,  I love kitsch, but this is just...WRONG:


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If you cannot make it out from the photo, it is a nativiy scene of DOGS, including a Golden Retriever puppy as baby Jesus, Virgin Mary in Dalmatian form, St Joseph as some sort of Collie, and the wise men represented by a Boxer, German Shepherd, and Pug. Then we round out the visage with shepherds of a Schnauzer and Labrador Retriever, and a Cocker Spaniel angel.Besides some borderline sacrelidge, that which is *wrong* are as follows:To me, the Greman Shepherd and Collie should be Shepherds, since they are, in fact sheep-herding/guarding breeds. The Black Lab could represent the black king, and of course, I think another king should be a poodle.Maybe what is REALLY wrong is how much I am overthinking the arrangement of this tacky trash!

   5 comments

beej
November 18, 2008   11:07 PM PST
 
Craziness. I'd just like to know the person who decided this was a good idea. That's a person you'd like to have dinner with...once.
Michelle
November 18, 2008   02:04 PM PST
 
I love this! Tacky yes...fantastic YES! Love it!
AbbyNormal
November 18, 2008   10:41 AM PST
 
Oh, this made my day! They have GOT to be kidding!

And I'm wondering how the Golden Retriever got such a lofty role!
Jerry
November 17, 2008   12:55 PM PST
 
where is teh bernese mountain dog in this set?


Robert Drake
November 17, 2008   04:58 AM PST
 
ok -- shoot me down now, cause I actually WANT this set!!

I have a dog lover in my world that is just sacrilegious enough to appreciate this ... where is it from?!!?

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