Old, new, borrowed and blue awesomeness

The first thing you’ll notice about the Nativity is that the Big Three are not in a stable but on the beds of two big rigs (apart from the cool-as-all-get-out Lady Thor statue, but we’ll get there in a moment).

Mom was cleaning out the car drawer, so she brought things over for me to put on eBay. The metal trucks and some of the cars are from the ‘60s. Sadly, they weren’t worth that much, but they grew on me. I decided to just keep them. Also, they’re made by Tootsie Toys, and the name alone makes them worth keeping. Finally, forget the donkey, the family is riding in style to Egypt, Nazareth or wherever the family members want to go. I wish I could have learned to drive in a purple LeMans racer instead of a two-tone Buick Skylark.

The Stormtrooper can run interference as they travel.

Superman will take care of any threats along the way, but honestly he is there as the blue. He is sometimes referred to as The Big Blue Boy Scout.

There is really very little good about the next guy, a Son of the Harpy (as opposed to Stormtroopers). Even by Game of Thrones’ standards, these dudes are evil. This one, though, whose name is Fred, is repentant. He saw the star in the East, left Westros and came to pay respects to the Messiah. He did bring his knife but only because he heard there might be trouble from some joker named Herod.

The little angel band is on hand, but not in the skies as mistakenly reported. It gives the birth a jazzy feel. They are also borrowed. My niece probably has a Deadpool who would fit right in, but she wasn’t home.

Santa is there, too, as always.

Which leaves the peerless Lady Thor, my latest purchase.

Daredevil is my favorite superhero, but I may be in love with Lady This. Not because she is beautiful.

The prophet Isaiah talks about the Suffering Servant. He could be referring to Lady Thor (well, except for the fact that she is unfortunately a comic book character).

Lady Thor’s human alter ego has cancer. When she grasps Mjolnir and becomes Thor, the transformation purges all poisons from her body. Poisons like the radiation treating her cancer. So with each transformation back to her human form, she becomes sicker. But she still transforms because “the world needs a Thor.” She is so cool!

Merry Christmas.

Here are the ones from 2007,  2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. These posts also have some background. And God must be amused by this because I have not been struck down yet.