After hearing Nils Bergman this summer, and then my autumn experience of
staying all night at the hospital, observing my granddaughter hold my
newly-birthed greatgrandson skin to skin and listening while she cooed
and spoke to him and literally seemed to fall in love with him, I, too,
have found myself wondering this year about the standard creches so often
seen. I understand that St. Francis of Assissi thought up the idea of the
nativity scene back in the mid-1200's or so. Our local Marianist
University has an artistic display of creches from all over the world on
display every year. I must make it my business to go again, with a more
inquisitive eye.

Judy gave us two websites, and wrote:

<At the risk of going offtopic, I have a link to two paintings of Madonna
 and 
Child that I love and both show Mary cradling her babe in her arms. One
is  
called Blue Madonna ( because of what she is wearing) and the other is
Black  
Madonna ( both painting colors and skin color are dark, also
beautiful)... just 
mom and babe and not a crib or manger is sight...:)>

And then of course, there is "The Madonna of the Green Velvet Pillow", my
favorite, a picture of which was given me some years ago by one of our
anestnetists, who vacationed in Poland, I believe. She may have picked it
up elsewhere on her travels, but I have seen in on Christmas cards and
elsewhere since she made me aware of it.


Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, OH USA

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