I give you Shmoo Shepherd and Stingy Wise Man. (Look at that thing the shepherd is holding. It’s definitely not a lamb. Is it a fish? What’s a shepherd doing with a fish?)
(Whenever I set out Stingy Wise Man, in a snooty voice I say, “Are you REALLY the Son of God?”)
For some reason, I had forgotten that the Shmoo Shepherd was not a Shepherd who was a Shmoo, but rather a Shepherd holding a Shmoo.
Perhaps what the bundle he was holding was intended to be was a bunch of bananas? He doesn’t look very Jamaican though. Could it be a giant one of those gumdrop orange slices? That’s sort of Christmasy…
I think it is a large locust
LOVE the placement of the Nativity Set! It is STUNNING!