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Well, it’s not the usual.
The figures’ bodies are defined by simple cylinders, topped by spheres for the heads, with no limbs. There’s no traditional setting, no wooden manger, no straw on the ground, just a
very minimalist empty space.
“It made me think of bowling pins with Baby Jesus as a ball,” one visitor told Reuters of the design.
Perhaps alluding to a landscape, a glowing light behind the figures makes it seem as though they’re being struck by lightning.
What attracts the most attention, however, is the figure who appears to be an astronaut, in a spacesuit, gripping the moon in his hands. There’s also a sinister-looking figure in a black helmet who many have compared perhaps on account of the space theme to Darth Vader from
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Monday expressed his appreciation to Vatican employees for their work in a spirit of service towards the Church, during the annual pre-Christmas audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.
He set the tone of his address noting that the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused “not only a critical health situation but also many economic difficulties for many families and institutions”, has also affected the Holy See, which he said “is making every effort to deal with this precarious situation in the best way possible.”
“It is a question of meeting the legitimate needs of you employees and those of the Holy See: we must meet each other s needs, and we must all strive to overcome this critical moment with good will and patience,” he said.
Yes, we are ready to celebrate the birth of Christ…in the ‘new normal!’
Obviously, celebrations, this year, 2020, will be totally different to what Christmas was in the past…before the Coronavirus pandemic came into the scene.
Let’s check out how some of our entertainers plan to celebrate Christmas…in the ‘new normal.”
ALSTON KOCH: Not since I could remember Christmas, as a little child, to a teenager, in my land of birth (Sri Lanka), and then to Australia, and later to America, have I ever had to prepare to be disappointed, knowing fully well that it will be a ‘different’ Christmas this time around. Of course, there will be a ‘Christ’ in Christmas 2020 because you can’t take the Christ out of Christmas. But, this year, it will be a different one. Locked down for more than nine months, in Melbourne, and not knowing what the ‘new normal’ has in store for my first Christmas, in Oz, for nearly seven years, is almost absurd, and a sure disappointing cel
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’Masked’ Baby Jesus Wearing Hazmat Suit Go On Sale In Bolivia To Spread COVID-19 Awareness
Artisans in Bolivia created Baby Jesus donning face masks and PPE as they go on sale in the markets, creating awareness about health safety measures.
One of the hardest hit during the coronavirus first wave, Bolivia’s capital La Paz is now selling Christmas figurines donning hazmat suits and face masks representing the festivities in midst of the testing times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city, where funeral homes were once overwhelmed with the influx of the dead and hearses of covid victims, is now embracing festivities, but with a COVID-19 twist.