Tell Me Something............Anything!

[Macca]

Oh yeah it was the shepherds making up the numbers. 3 or 4 of them I think.

[Barry]

Crib up too early!

Xmas eve for the crib as that is when they went in the stable. Should be just Jesus, Mary and an assortment of animals to begin with. I think ours had a sheep a goat and a cow which seems to be reasonably representative of what you might find in a typical middle-eastern stable in 0 BC. Or not.

Baby Jesus to be added on Xmas day. The Magi aka the 'three kings' time of arrival is debatable but not before xmas day. I am sure ours had some additional characters as well, with the whole place looking quite crowded once everyone had arrived.

The baby Jesus had his own manger to lie in, presumably Joseph had quickly knocked that up from whatever offcuts he found lying about in the back there.

Was there a 0 BC? I thought we went from 1 BC to 1 AD.

[Macca]

Was there a 0 BC? I thought we went from 1 BC to 1 AD.

1 AD starts a year after the birth of Jesus. And 1 BC is a year before the event so the year in between is 0 BC.

There's always a zero year in every decade.

[Marco]

Crib up too early!

Xmas eve for the crib as that is when they went in the stable. Should be just Jesus, Mary and an assortment of animals to begin with. I think ours had a sheep a goat and a cow which seems to be reasonably representative of what you might find in a typical middle-eastern stable in 0 BC. Or not.

Baby Jesus to be added on Xmas day. The Magi aka the 'three kings' time of arrival is debatable but not before xmas day. I am sure ours had some additional characters as well, with the whole place looking quite crowded once everyone had arrived.

The baby Jesus had his own manger to lie in, presumably Joseph had quickly knocked that up from whatever offcuts he found lying about in the back there.

Lol - I can't argue, but we like it up when we like it up. Even as practicing Catholics, we don't get too hung up on those sorts of details, as long as the church gets it right!

Marco.

[Macca]

Could also be 0 AD I suppose.

[Roy S]

I do an annual seasonal tale using the contents of that years playmobil advent calendar (not bought for me...) on social media, here's a scene from last years - one of Santa's little helpers has flipped

[Macca]

Lol - I can't argue, but we like it up when we like it up. Even as practicing Catholics, we don't get too hung up on those sorts of details, as long as the church gets it right!

Marco.

Not really a big deal, it was one of my younger brothers who was keen on this sort of detail. He used to set up the crib, do the tree and all that. No-one else was that bothered and the cats would usually trash the tree pretty fast anyway by trying to climb it, so it wasn't worth too much effort really.

But the crib re enactment was fairly exact. One time he didn't have the Magi arriving until January 1st or something. I think my mother complained about that but he could cite chapter and verse. Literally. Went on to a very successful career in the Civil Service so it only goes to show.

[Marco]

Lol - sounds rather like OCD

Marco.

[Marco]

I do an annual seasonal tale using the contents of that years playmobil advent calendar (not bought for me...) on social media, here's a scene from last years - one of Santa's little helpers has flipped

Quality, Roy!

Marco.

[Barry]

1 AD starts a year after the birth of Jesus. And 1 BC is a year before the event so the year in between is 0 BC.

There's always a zero year in every decade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini