Well, now that we’re all done celebrating Beethoven’s birthday, it’s time to start preparing for the next major holiday, which is Christmas. And walking around the streets, I see that many folks are getting very Peanutsy in their decorations. I saw one house which at first I thought “hey, there’s Snoopy on the roof of his doghouse”, but then I realized it was something nicely odd:
Yes, that’s right, it’s a giant inflatable Snoopy Sno-cone Machine! That’s… well, that’s some level of bizarre, but a fun level of bizarre.
(By the way, if you click the photo you can order one from Amazon, but I’d feel guilty if I didn’t point out that while Amazon usually has quite good prices – and yes, kicks me back a cut – these guys have it at about half of Amazon’s price.)
Closer to home, the guy just down the street has his window filled with the Peanuts Nativity Scene:
I have to admit that with the Holy Baby Woodstock, the Virgin Lucy, and Snoopy the non-German shepherd, this set leaves me feeling that there is a lot I don’t know about both theology and Peanuts.
Hey, looking through other Peanuts nativity items, I see a huge 88% discount on this wooden Peanuts nativity item – which retains the symbology, although at least presents it as a Christmas pageant. Also using the pageant explanation is this set of mini-figures with stage (which is also listed at a steep discount but in this case the original price seems inflated.) For about the same price you get this set of fewer but larger figures, including Snoopy as a sheep.
Although I have to admit, as much as the Peanuts nativity scene may bemuse me, I’m more befuddled by all the manger tableaus around here that have reindeer in Bethlehem…
