# Help me make an absurdly complete nativity scene. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567 "2008-12-10T16:41:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/21 "2008-12-11T03:05:06Z")
Garden Gnomes. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/22 "2008-12-11T03:18:42Z")
You’ll want a [Mr Hankey](http://www.gearlog.com/images/MrHankey.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/23 "2008-12-11T03:26:12Z")
Manger Babies. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/24 "2008-12-11T03:54:04Z")
> [@](#): > > You’ll want a Mr Hankey. Nah, go with a [long and honorable cultural tradition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer), instead. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/25 "2008-12-11T03:59:10Z")
Work in an olive as in Olive, the other reindeer. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/26 "2008-12-11T04:04:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’ll want a [Mr Hankey](http://www.gearlog.com/images/MrHankey.jpg). Dear G-d, yes. How could I have missed it? I have failed the 'Dope, and again am the Poster Child of Ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/27 "2008-12-11T04:10:15Z")
From the OP, with bolding added: > [@](#): > > If we included every **visitor to the manger** from movies, television, song and other popular media, who would have to be in the scene? Do Ralphie, Misfit Toys, the Misers, Hannukah Harry, garden gnomes and Olive really fit the criteria? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/28 "2008-12-11T04:17:27Z")
[Yakko, Wakko and Dot Warner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_7cPFv52Yg) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567/29 "2008-12-11T04:35:39Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > From the OP, with bolding added:Do Ralphie, Misfit Toys, the Misers, Hannukah Harry, garden gnomes and Olive really fit the criteria? Probably not, but how often do I get the chance to dis Jesus? Channukah: The Jewish Christmas, where we honor the only Jewish son who lived up t his Mother’s expectations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-absurdly-complete-nativity-scene/476567.md?page=1)