Merlin Mann"Our family called it a…"
Nativity
Creche
Huh?
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My position on this goes way beyond bag v sack or sneakers v tennis shoes.
One is ALL I ever heard until I was 34, and the other is an insane thing people from Rhode Island say.
Anyhow.
I think this Christmas ornament is WAY too big and complicated and looks more like an unintentional Nativity.
https://www.amazon.com/Hallmark-Keepsake-Christmas-Ornament-2025/dp/B0DR39TH23
(the store was out of ornament hooks so I printed some)
https://makerworld.com/en/models/199526-christmas-ornament-hook
Adam Brandon@hotdogsladies the perfect thing to print with the last 20g of this mistletoe green PLA spool I've had sitting here for a the last 3 months.
A couple years ago I made an ornament out of a Bambu .4 stainless nozzle from before I knew how to use wood filament.
It even smells like Christmas!
Eric A. Meyer@hotdogsladies Right up there with https://www.geekalerts.com/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-mr-spock-and-captain-kirk-the-needs-of-the-many-ornament/
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk Ornament - GeekAlerts
Nothing says Christmas quite like a Vulcan dying from radiation poisoning, which makes the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk The Needs of the Many Ornament the perfect yuletide decoration for the tree of every Trekker. It was probably the most traumatic scene that any Star Trek fan has
ByMatthewPorter@hotdogsladies
I find your lack of cheer … disturbing.
I find your lack of cheer … disturbing.
Pete Keen@hotdogsladies baby jesus is a holographic rancor. Suddenly the whole story makes sense.
Tyler A.@hotdogsladies What branch could hold it?! Did they try this on a real tree? At best you wedge this in between branches and hope it doesn’t tumble out in the night.
_IanOfEarth@hotdogsladies you know our’s wasn’t very big so we had to cut both ends off the jesus
Tyger Lemieux@hotdogsladies The Art People have an opinion here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/christmas-tree-and-neapolitan-baroque-creche-2025
Alex Padilla@hotdogsladies A local church has an event each year called The Creche that includes a display of “hundreds of nativity scenes”
Sometimes when we drive past that church or see a nativity somewhere in the wild, my wife or I will whisper to the other…
“hundreds”
(*hundreds*, you guys)
Nicolas Ward 
@hotdogsladies My mom collected nativity scenes for a while. Even had a plastic VeggieTales one.
My exposure to the word creche was in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
@hotdogsladies My mom also called it “the manger.” Which I guess is a synecdoche?
I thought that word came from the French infinitive verb for eating (as in cattle, etc.) but Siracusa says I'm probably wrong. 😔
sharon linne faulk@hotdogsladies I always understood that a crèche was a carved respresentation of the nativity scene but just Jeasus Mary & Joseph. No kings or animals, no drummer boy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯