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<\/a><\/p>\nYes, that’s right, it’s a giant inflatable Snoopy Sno-cone Machine<\/a>! That’s… well, that’s some level of bizarre, but a fun<\/em> level of bizarre.<\/p>\n (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<\/a> have it at about half of Amazon’s price.)<\/p>\n Closer to home, the guy just down the street has his window filled with the Peanuts Nativity Scene<\/a>:<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Hey, looking through other Peanuts nativity items, I see a huge 88% discount on this wooden Peanuts nativity item<\/a> – 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<\/a> (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<\/a>, including Snoopy as a sheep.<\/p>\n 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…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51gF4V8pW0L._SL400_.jpg\" "\\"Peanuts")
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