Annual Christmas Pic Spam
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selenakAka, the results of my annual visit of various churches at Christmas Eve to look at the nativity depictions there. We've got some amazing artisans in Bamberg, and this year there was some redecoration, plus they finally finished restoring one of the key churches two days before Christmas. All the figurines wow me every year with their detail, and I'm glad to share.
We started at the small Martyr's chapel, where there are nativity scene exhibitions each winter from various citizens. Here are some of my favourites from this year.
This would be the nativity in front of the Bamberg cathedral.
Jesus getting circumsized. We had a big political debate about male circumcision this year, triggered by a local judge in Cologne deciding that a (Muslim) child circumsized was as the plaintiff said physical harm done to the child, and ending in the parliament deciding that yes, male circumsision of children done for religious reasons stays legal. In between, there was all kind of uproar, both on a national and international level. So choosing this particular biblical scene was probably a pointed comment.
The Annunciation, Franconian style. As I said, the detail - note the cat near the oven! - is just wonderful.
On to St. Stephen's, the Carmelite church, which has one of my two favourite nativities. You can't photograph it in totem, it's that big, but first, here are the two sides:
On to the individual scenes:
I tried to photograph from above the glass, but sometimes it just wasn't do-able, like here:
On to the Obere Pfarre, which was the church with the restoration finished two days before Christmas. This one goes for the Franconian approach in its depiction of Bethlehem:
Thus you have a Roman soldier next to a couple and apprentice who happen to look at the plans of the newly restored church:
Also, someone is having medieval fun drinking their beer:
But let's not forget the reason for all this:
The shepherds:
And there is one opposite the same church, outside:
On to St. Martin's, which tries for the historical approach:
I got more detail of that Bethlehem street scene later, but first, an overview:
Detail, and isn't it amazing?
Also here:
And lastly, I'll leave you with a nativity scene which chooses the Alte Hofhaltung, next to the cathedral, as its location, complete with a photo of what it actually looks like:
And thus I conclude my last pic spam for this year and return to reading Yuletide stories. I haven't even begun watching the various tv shows and Christmas specials yet...
We started at the small Martyr's chapel, where there are nativity scene exhibitions each winter from various citizens. Here are some of my favourites from this year.
This would be the nativity in front of the Bamberg cathedral.
Jesus getting circumsized. We had a big political debate about male circumcision this year, triggered by a local judge in Cologne deciding that a (Muslim) child circumsized was as the plaintiff said physical harm done to the child, and ending in the parliament deciding that yes, male circumsision of children done for religious reasons stays legal. In between, there was all kind of uproar, both on a national and international level. So choosing this particular biblical scene was probably a pointed comment.
The Annunciation, Franconian style. As I said, the detail - note the cat near the oven! - is just wonderful.
On to St. Stephen's, the Carmelite church, which has one of my two favourite nativities. You can't photograph it in totem, it's that big, but first, here are the two sides:
On to the individual scenes:
I tried to photograph from above the glass, but sometimes it just wasn't do-able, like here:
On to the Obere Pfarre, which was the church with the restoration finished two days before Christmas. This one goes for the Franconian approach in its depiction of Bethlehem:
Thus you have a Roman soldier next to a couple and apprentice who happen to look at the plans of the newly restored church:
Also, someone is having medieval fun drinking their beer:
But let's not forget the reason for all this:
The shepherds:
And there is one opposite the same church, outside:
On to St. Martin's, which tries for the historical approach:
I got more detail of that Bethlehem street scene later, but first, an overview:
Detail, and isn't it amazing?
Also here:
And lastly, I'll leave you with a nativity scene which chooses the Alte Hofhaltung, next to the cathedral, as its location, complete with a photo of what it actually looks like:
And thus I conclude my last pic spam for this year and return to reading Yuletide stories. I haven't even begun watching the various tv shows and Christmas specials yet...
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