Put Baby Jesus down!

[Tinkermommy]

I have to repeat this several times a day!


I have my nativity scene set up and my son keeps wanting to hold Baby Jesus. My daughter was the same way.

I had a small plastic one for them but no deal. They like my nice ceramic one! The angels hands are broken off so she can no longer hold the trumpet. And they keep wanting to rearrange the wise men, shepherds, animals, etc.

I cracks me up that they love to play with my nativity scene.

 

[DisMN]

My granddaugher could be such a stinker at times. I just found my holiday notes/calendar from when she was a bit over 2 years old and apparently she was licking baby jesus! I wrote it down so I wouldn't forget it (which I promptly did LOL)......

"Stop licking baby Jesus!" LOL LOL

Ain't kids fun?!?

 

[jaminmd]

I have to repeat this several times a day!


I have my nativity scene set up and my son keeps wanting to hold Baby Jesus. My daughter was the same way.

I had a small plastic one for them but no deal. They like my nice ceramic one! The angels hands are broken off so she can no longer hold the trumpet. And they keep wanting to rearrange the wise men, shepherds, animals, etc.

I cracks me up that they love to play with my nativity scene.

NO! Don't put him down, let them play!

That was one of my favorite things to do as a kid & DD 13 still loves to play with them. She has the plastic Fisher Price ones, though.

 

[Erin1700]

It is the same in my house with my son who will be 4 in January. He also wants to move the "wise guys" and add his own men to the scene.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

Too cute! I did go ahead and buy a non-breakable, but also not-toy one for the kids to play with. On Friday when we set it up, my 4YO (almost 5) explained to his grandparents who each person is and that Baby Jesus' mommy is "Mary Poppins."

 

[golfgal]

It is the same in my house with my son who will be 4 in January. He also wants to move the "wise guys" and add his own men to the scene.

We have a tradition NOT to put baby Jesus into the manger until Christmas Eve after we get home from Mass.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

It is the same in my house with my son who will be 4 in January. He also wants to move the "wise guys" and add his own men to the scene.

Oh yeah--no nativity scene is complete without Luke Skywalker and a couple of dinosaurs!

 

[Art 1]

We have a tradition NOT to put baby Jesus into the manger until Christmas Eve after we get home from Mass.

Same exact thing for us.

 

[DisMN]

Oh yeah--no nativity scene is complete without Luke Skywalker and a couple of dinosaurs!

Uh.....are you in my family? LOL We have dinos too and now one of the wise men rides in on his Oscar Mayer weinermobile!

This is probably blasphemy huh? LOL

 

[jaminmd]

Uh.....are you in my family? LOL We have dinos too and now one of the wise men rides in on his Oscar Mayer weinermobile!

This is probably blasphemy huh? LOL

 

[minniebeth]

We have a tradition NOT to put baby Jesus into the manger until Christmas Eve after we get home from Mass.

Us too growing up, now I'm wondering if it was to stop us playing
I always didn't like that tradition, so I let my kids have baby Jesus when we unpack the Christmas stuff~
I love all the added manger toys pps are posting!

 

[SideshowBob]

Our cat used to steal baby Jesus from the manger ... never any other figure. Was always a big search to discover where she had placed it.

 

[Tinkermommy]

Oh yeah--no nativity scene is complete without Luke Skywalker and a couple of dinosaurs!

Obi Wan Kenobi seems like he would fit in just fine!

You guys are cracking me up.

I know a lot of people who don't put put baby Jesus in until Christmas or Christmas eve but I think it looks funny to have everyone staring down at an empty manger. And besides, who knows what the kids would put in there in the mean time!

 

[SaraJayne]

Uh.....are you in my family? LOL We have dinos too and now one of the wise men rides in on his Oscar Mayer weinermobile!

This is probably blasphemy huh? LOL

 

[akcire]

We have a tradition NOT to put baby Jesus into the manger until Christmas Eve after we get home from Mass.

When I was a kid around 10-12 years old, there were a rash of Jesus thefts in my neighborhood the first week of December. These were of the outdoor displays that people put out, both lighted and unlit. My parents, thinking themselves the responsible sort, gave me a good interrogation to see if I was responsible or knew the responsible party. This was back in the day when us kids played outside in the neighborhood every day after school, generally in a big pack. It did not matter if there was 3 feet of snow, we just put on our snowsuits. I, truthfully stated, I had no knowledge of the location of the Jesus statues.

Fast forward to Christmas Eve of that year. An old Catholic lady gets arrested with a car load of Jesus statues. Turns out she had "taken" all of the statues and stored them in her garage. She labeled each one with it's home address, so Jesus could be born at the right house. She was making the rounds of the neighborhood after mass replacing them, when she got busted. All the kids in the neighborhood were finally cleared of suspicion.

I remember the local paper having a field day, and the lady getting probation and a warning from the judge to leave Jesus alone next year.

When I read the title of this tread, I had visions of someone chasing an old lady down their block "put down Jesus".

 

[laughinplace199]

We also have a non-breakable set. It's not a toy, but I do let the kids play with it. Last year, Jo Jo, one of Tinker Bell's fairy friends, and a dinosaur joined the crew. I can't wait to see what DS4 does with it this year.

We also used to wait until Christmas Eve to put baby Jesus in the manger, but after a few years of forgetting where we hid him (so the kids wouldn't play with him), we decided to just put him in the manger when we set everything up. Just yesterday, DS4 was trying to make baby Jesus ride the camel and the angel was scolding them for going too far away from home.

 

[jen0610]

Years ago, when DS was 3-4, he added to our nativity set, that to this day is still a must for us. It took us weeks to notice that he had added to the display.

I have a small set of ceramic mice salt and pepper shakers, that I had on display with some other pieces. When we put the nativity set out, DS thought those mice needed to be added to the "barn", so he tucked them into the display, without saying a word to DH or I.

Needless to say, those mice now have a home with the nativity set and DS is the one who gets to put them in their proper placement.

 

[kirstenb1]

Our younger dd couldn't keep her hands off the ceramic set. Unfortunately she doesn't handle stuff very carefully, and has already broken 3 ornaments. (who knew you could break those plastic Hallmark ornaments?) I just ordered her a Melissa and Doug set on Amazon. She keeps asking when it's coming.

 

[BobbinWeez]

My cat liked to sit in the middle of the nativity scene that we would display. We would call her "kitty in the manger". All these stories remind me of a Christmas letter I once received from former students of mine. The children were a set of fraternal twins. While the family was decorating for Christmas the kids decided to set up the nativity scene. The kids were about 4 y/o. The sister tells her brother to go find Baby Jesus. So the brother ran through the house looking for "Baby Cheezits". That is the hardest I ever laughed over a Christmas card ever!

 

[superme80]

We have the Fisher Price nativity and by the end of the Christmas season baby Jesus was being used to knock down all the ornaments off the tree. DS just turned 2 so we shall see what he does this year! LOL