#Away in a Manger

[enbycrip]

As a small child I spent years thinking Jesus was actually the Christ’s surname and his first names were “Little Lorr” because my parents were extremely secular and the only exposure I had to Christianity was through Away in a Manger at Christmas.

My parents found this out when I drew the Holy Family for a Christmas card at school and conscientiously labelled each figure as “Mary Jesus”, “Joseph Jesus”, “Little Lorr Jesus” and, of course, “Clover Jesus” the donkey, because the donkey was clearly a member of the family.

This was complex because my supposedly secular primary school was actually *exceedingly* Church of Scotland and thus was filled with teachers who tended to take my actually innocent, if extremely autistic, tendency to ask a lot of clarifying questions when something didn’t make sense to me - and, frankly, Christian theology is not exactly simple, straightforward, or particularly logical without doing a crash course in 2000 years of world history - as me taking the piss.

[i-think-i-loved-them-all]

my mother and Mary

bore lambs

at about fourteen

but Mary, how did you bear

raising yours for slaughter

when my mother could not bear

raising me at all?

away, unknown, no crib by her bed

i would not compare to my Savior

but just to say

i may not see thirty-four either

[stclements]

[claraameliapond]

Martin Kerr's beautiful version of "Away in a manger", telling the truth of Palestinian children and people this Christmas, literally in the exact holy land

[poll-party]

ROUND 1 - Poll 16/16

[elijones94]

⭐️ A lovely Christmas angel ✨⭐️

[naturalhygiene]

Madeira Island Christmas 2022

[pointless-letters]

“I’m so angry about this that I have put my foot through the Nativity scene and shall be sending the Post the bill.”


(spotted in the Petersfield Post and sent in by umaladi over on Twitter)

[willthelonely]

Absolutely delighted by these bells. I’ve been playing with them for the better half of an hour now. 9.5/10 (wish I had some extra notes)

[coffeetime88]

Christian Hymns I've heard on the Secular Christmas Music Station:

• The Little Drummer Boy

• Do You Hear What I Hear?

• O Come All Ye Faithful

• The First Noël

• Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

• Silent Night

• Carol of the Bells (with and without lyrics)

• O Holy Night

And soundbites from "A Charlie Brown Christmas", the one where Linus reads from The Gospel of Luke when asked about the meaning of Christmas.

Feel free to add if you've heard any on your radio stations

[davidbeardmusic]

Two verses of the traditional Christmas Carol ‘Away in a Manger’ in a slow, intimate arrangement for a small Brass Band. Ideally suited for Christmas advertising or Frozen Winter Landscape projects, video production, film, theatre and seasonal podcast. Applicable to the creation of advertising of products of Christmas Retail, Frozen foods, Winter clothing, Christmas Markets, Winter Fairs etc. Also ideal for Charity Campaigns; Salvation Army, Homeless, Soup Kitchen, Animal Shelters etc.

[stclements]

[walkofgrace]

Away In A Manger - Lyrics and Chords (Traditional Christmas Song)

[rondelle55]

The story behind the making of Away in A Manger

Summary This Episodes gives a little insight into the making of the song and video for Away in a Manger, which can be found on the Christmas poetry album, A Joy that makes you Free. A Joy That Makes You Free album cover Rondelle55 – Away in A Manger (Official Music Video)