# Invisible Pink Unicorn **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792 "2015-12-08T04:48:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/1 "2015-12-08T04:48:30Z")
2 questions: A. Is there some festival or holiday celebrating the IPU that occurs in December? 2. Is there some traditional display or decoration you can put next to the creche display on the courthouse lawn for this holiday/festival? A salt lick sprinkled with glitter? ---
**Author:** ![Richox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Richox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richox)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/2 "2015-12-08T05:05:53Z")
If this unicorn is invisible, how can it also be pink? It seems like if it’s invisible, it is no colour. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/3 "2015-12-08T05:11:53Z")
Why stop with IPU? Surely the Flying Spaghetti Monster is just as deserving. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/4 "2015-12-08T05:15:36Z")
Considering the kind of answers this is bound to get, I think it’s better suited to MPSIMS than GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/5 "2015-12-08T05:43:21Z")
> [@Richox](#): > > If this unicorn is invisible, how can it also be pink? It seems like if it’s invisible, it is no colour. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can’t see them. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/6 "2015-12-08T06:07:33Z")
And that’s why, kids, when Jesus rode an Invisible Pink Unicorn, no one noticed it. And that’s why, when your daddy added one to the manger scene in front of The Cathedral of Our Lady of Inevitable Disenchantment, no one could see it, not even the policeman who had to let him go after tasing him. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/7 "2015-12-08T06:51:32Z")
> [@Richox](#): > > If this unicorn is invisible, how can it also be pink? It seems like if it’s invisible, it is no colour. You must open your mind to encompass her invisible pinkness. Meditation might help. I offer classes - only $500 an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/8 "2015-12-08T06:52:39Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > 2 questions: > > A. Is there some festival or holiday celebrating the IPU that occurs in December? > 2. Is there some traditional display or decoration you can put next to the creche display on the courthouse lawn for this holiday/festival? > > A salt lick sprinkled with glitter? In the early days of the IPU pineapple pizza was often mentioned, though my faith was not strong enough to choke that down - and I like gefilte fish. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/9 "2015-12-08T07:41:59Z")
The holidays honoring the Invisible Pink Unicorn are marked on every calendar in existence. In invisible pink ink. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/10 "2015-12-08T13:49:08Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > The holidays honoring the Invisible Pink Unicorn are marked on every calendar in existence. In invisible pink ink. That’s why calendars are always $2 more than you think they should be. I used to work in the printing industry, and invisible pink ink ain’t cheap. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/11 "2015-12-08T13:51:29Z")
> [@digs](#): > > That’s why calendars are always $2 more than you think they should be. > > I used to work in the printing industry, and invisible pink ink ain’t cheap. And easily lost if not put back where it belongs. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/12 "2015-12-08T15:02:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can’t see them. Although we do have faith that they are pink, I must point out that it is written in the Sacred OP that they are pink. So although you and I both love the same invisible pink unicorn, agree on the _fact_ of pinkness, and even share the reasoning _behind_ the fact, there exists a subtle doctrinal difference between how we express our beliefs. DIE, HERETIC!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/13 "2015-12-08T15:07:35Z")
Perhaps a garden gnome or fairy could be added to the municipal crèche, to subtly include IPU in the public display. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/14 "2015-12-08T15:09:04Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Although we do have faith that they are pink, I must point out that it is written in the Sacred OP that they are pink. So although you and I both love the same invisible pink unicorn, agree on the _fact_ of pinkness, and even share the reasoning _behind_ the fact, there exists a subtle doctrinal difference between how we express our beliefs. > > DIE, HERETIC!!! so-called “facts” are for the weak-willed faithless. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/15 "2015-12-08T15:19:06Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Perhaps a garden gnome or fairy could be added to the municipal crèche, to subtly include IPU in the public display. Isn’t the IPU already in every public display? ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/16 "2015-12-08T15:34:46Z")
Unicorns only turn pink when they are embarrased. Additionally when embarrassed Unicorns are rendered invisible. I hesitate to mention this since I thought everyone knew that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/17 "2015-12-08T15:41:56Z")
You could always try and honor other Christian cultures by adding to the display a traditional crèche figurine from Catalonia – the “caganer”. Look for “caganer” in Google 🙂 You won’t be disappointed! (For those who are wary of googling something unknown because somebody else tells them to: the “caganer” is a traditional crèche figurine from Catalonia that shows a guy crouching down and shitting. This is to express the concept that "Christ might come at any moment, when you least expect it. Yes, even when you’re doing number two in the toilet. In Catalonia there will _always_ be a “caganer” somewhere in any crèche display. People will be looking for it, as if it were a version of “where’s Waldo?”. In 2005 the city hall of Barcelona decided not to include a “caganer” in the municipal crèche display and there was a flood of complaints from people. They ended up having to include one). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/18 "2015-12-08T15:55:33Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > You could always try and honor other Christian cultures by adding to the display a traditional crèche figurine from Catalonia – the “caganer”. > > Look for “caganer” in Google 🙂 You won’t be disappointed! > > (For those who are wary of googling something unknown because somebody else tells them to: the “caganer” is a traditional crèche figurine from Catalonia that shows a guy crouching down and shitting. This is to express the concept that "Christ might come at any moment, when you least expect it. Yes, even when you’re doing number two in the toilet. In Catalonia there will _always_ be a “caganer” somewhere in any crèche display. People will be looking for it, as if it were a version of “where’s Waldo?”. In 2005 the city hall of Barcelona decided not to include a “caganer” in the municipal crèche display and there was a flood of complaints from people. They ended up having to include one). I think I’ve seen one of these in the Christmas Neapolitan creche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, but the last time I went, I couldn’t find him. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/19 "2015-12-08T18:32:05Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I think I’ve seen one of these in the Christmas Neapolitan creche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, but the last time I went, I couldn’t find him. He was replaced by an invisible guy. To clean up after the unicorn. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/20 "2015-12-08T19:08:48Z")
We used to have a monkey in the crèche in our front room. He originally came from the Fisher Price Circus Train, but took to hanging by his tail from the roof of the stable…until one day he simply disappeared. I assume now that he must be riding the unicorn…but the cats still remain prime suspects. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792.md?page=2)