Why do so many christians talk about The Baby Jesus? Jesus was an adult when he died. I suspect propoganda directed at children, but I could be mistaken. :dubious:
I see no reason to exclude christians from this discussion. 
Peace,
mangeorge
Well, Christmas is about the “baby Jesus”, and that’s one holiday many non-Christians are exposed to religiously, so that may have something to do with it. Also many people have in their lifetimes participated in Christmas pageants and such - even medieval miracle plays are big on the Baby Jesus. It’s a big theme in art, and it’s “accessible” - the Nativity makes a better story with less whipping than the Crucifixion. It’s something people can relate to more readily, perhaps.
I have no idea why I’m answering this as an agnostic. 
The only place I ever hear references to “Baby” Jesus is right here.
Same goes for Jack Chick.
It’s just a concept that some people fantasize about. A god or semi-god or soon-to-be-god with a mixture of human and supernatural characteristics such as childlike innocence and human compassion, but omniscient and omnipotent, etc.
The idea of a humble beginning is also attractive. Pick your attributes and create your own god as you like him/her/it/whatever to be.
Then we can make fun of it.
I bring up Baby Jesus from time to time. The dog farts “oh dog, you’re making the baby jesus cry”.
Of course I don’t even buy the fact Jesus was a real person, so it doesn’t mean much at the end of the day.
I think it has to do with how bad you’d feel for making a baby cry, as opposed to making a man cry.
A crying man is a sissy, so if you make a grown man cry, it’s his problem, not yours.
But doing something that hurts a baby and makes him cry is just horrible, you bad bad person!
Or something like that.
Well, my understanding is that Jesus wasn’t exceptional at all as a child.
No halo, nothing.
When we celebrate presidents day, I never hear anyone mention Baby George, or Baby Abe, or anything like that. Personally, I’d root for Baby Bill. 
The first I heard about “such and such makes the baby Jesus cry” was here. But then I read “Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood”, there were references to a nun in Catholic school telling the kids “[not doing this rule] makes the Baby Jesus cry”. Since then I figured it was a Catholic school thing that folks here made fun of. That may not be correct.
Aw, come on, doesn’t anyone know “the classics” anymore? 
“‘X’ makes baby Jesus cry” is taken from an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer decides to befriend Ned Flanders. Homer, never one for half measures, becomes so overbearing that Ned ends up trying to get away from him, which leads to this exchange (from this episode) involving Homer, Ned, and Ned’s sons Rod and Todd:
And so was born a future SDMB cliche.
I don’t have any links at the moment, quite frankly it’s too late and I’m to tired and lazy to look them up right now, but Jesus was, in fact, a real person. Evidence of that has been found. The superstition that he was divine in any way is still just a fairy tale, however.
Long ago, on a drug-addled night, we were laughing about low-grade dead baby jokes and Baby Jesus jokes. After some labored thinking, I wrote a Dead Baby Jesus joke. I can’t remember how it goes, now.
Actually, some of the Apocrypha {basically deleted, non-canonical Gospels} do deal with the exploits of the infant Jesus, usually mundane “childish” miracles that he performed.
I have heard from a few people in Ireland that this phrase was occasionally used by nuns in convent schools to give unruly students a guilt trip.
What? You’ve never heard about George Washington chopping down the cherry tree?
Complete bunk, but people do mention it.
Back in Buffalo, there are many old-school Catholics who give adoration to the Baby Jesus more so than the Big Jesus. “Infant Jesus” dolls, which lresemble a tall, standing baby Jesus in a huge wedding dress, are common sights in rear car windows in more blue-collar neighborhoods. People pray to the Infant Jesus, as if it was a different Jesus than the Big Jesus.
[Father Guido Sarducci]And-a three of them were-a card tricks. [/Father Guido]
–Cliffy
Yep. The only person that I’ve ever heard talk about the Baby Jesus in real life is my Catholic Buffalonian grandmother.
Statues like that are called The Infant of Prague and were pretty common among the Latin and Byzantine rite Catholics when I was growing up. My grandmother had one, complete with different outfits for the different holidays. Here’s a photo at a site where you can buy one, whether for nostalgia or actual devotions.
I have no idea. I AM a christian, and I find a great many of my so-called fellow christians weird and creepy.
That affected, hypnotized sounding “Jaaazus, Lord Jaaaazus” REALLY creepy. I want to just SCREAM at them “God gave us a BRAIN you know? USE IT, quit sounding all brainless”. sigh
For what it’s worth…
In the Czech Republic and several other European countries, Santa Claus/Father Christmas doesn’t bring presents on Christmas; Jesisek, the Baby Jesus does. That spelling isn’t exactly right, mind you, but I can’t type the Czech alphabet on this computer. St. Mikalus (Nicholas) day is December 5th (sort of a little pre-Christmas) and the good Saint goes about delivering little presents aided by an angel and a devil. On the big day, though, it’s up to the flying invisible Baby Jesus.