about austerity
During the month of December Trafalgar square is adorned with a huge Christmas three given to British people from Norwegians as a thank you gift for the UK support during the Second World War. But the christmas tree is not the only decoration, there is also an austere Manger displayed behind glass. Clean and lonely, almost clinical…
A peculiar discovery was to find Joseph lying on his side instead of standing, as I’ve always seen his depiction in all Mangers while growing up in Mexico (the country with the second largest catholic population after Brazil). And by the way, according to the tradition Jesus is not supposed to be there until I believe the eve of Dec. 25th…
December 23rd, 2007