Something is very wrong with this picture. Is it the ill-proportioned camel, coming in at three feet tall? Is it the presence of baby Jesus before the day of his birth? (a no-no in nativity scene protocol). Is it the poor lighting and subsequent amateur-ish photoshop adjustments? Well yes, all these things are wrong but there is something MORE wrong about this moment taking place in a multi-level megaplex near you. A wrong to trump all other wrongs, an absence, a silence, a big ugly gaping hole. Maybe everyone fell into it? Maybe everyone that saw this scene and wanted to wave their arms around and stamp their feet and pull their hair and scream and shout to Christmas shoppers to STOP BUYING THE PLANET WARM disappeared. Fell down a hole. All the way to Copenhagen. I wonder when Jesus was smashing up the stalls of the traders in the temple for seeking profit in the name of God did he ever imagine this. Probably not. In the words of another prophet - “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose”. Including your point. Happy birthday Jesus. Sorry about all the presents.
posted 18/12/09 by Pip
