Wrong on so many levels

[gurdymonkey]

I blame callistotoni. I HAD to Google "nativity bear."

It's been done. A lot.

http://www.memorablemoments.me.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_9
http://www.gocollect.com/Catalog/product.aspx?id=145785
http://www.tribalworks.com/P585-72.jpg

At least in this one, the Son of Man is actually human. Son of Man. Not Son of Bear.
http://www.artshopgallery.com/Alaskan_Christmas_items.htm

If you'll excuse me, I have to go use some Brillo on my brain now and say a decade of the rosary....

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In point of fact...

[callistotoni.livejournal.com]

...I actually own a "black bear" nativity set. It was given to me last year (there's a bit of a backstory; not relevant here). I both and my then housemate Maria wondered about the fact that the baby Jesus in this set is a little bear, and how that would be seen by someone who is Christian. So we asked someone who we knew was such and they didn't have a problem with it. All in all it was a "meaning/feeling is more important than form"-sort of thing.