Friday, December 10, 2010

The Angel Gabrielle?

Confusion reigns in the Siler household. Isabelle got her very own Nativity set this year (thanks GeeGa and Grandpa!). It's a "Little People" set (and no, I don't mean those who are vertically challenged). The "Little People" are a Fisher Price collection of toys/sets.

So in the Little People Nativity Set, there is an angel. And the angel is a pretty little blond female. So Ed and I were trying to give Isabelle the rundown on who's who in the Nativity set, and sadly we were having confusion (to say the least). Maji or Wise men? Stable or Manger? Were Mary and Joseph married or not yet? The set came with 4 animals but no shepherd boy, where is he? And how did those animals get there? Whoa is me!

So we did the best we could. Then last night when I was shopping, I found a BOOK called "The Story of Christmas". And it was geared to Toddlers...perfect! So I read the book for her tonight at bedtime and lo and behold, the book tells it like it is!

The angel sent down by God was Gabriel. And he wasn't any petite blond hottie like the Little People like to pretend. So the 12-page board book took about 30 minutes to get through because of the barrage of questions about why the book had a BOY angel and her nay-tivity had a GIRL angel. And where were the GIRL angels in the book? And why didn't her nay-tivity set have a BOY angel?

Fisher Price, you need to hire a few more Christians to correct your set and add a shepherd boy so those animals don't get loose. Oh, and while you're at it, you might want to find a more PC name for your collection because those vertically challenged people have taken over the Little People name. They even got a cable show now. Just sayin.

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