Nativity scenes are often kitsch, sometimes folk arty, but rarely powerful pieces of art. On Princes Street, the main beat of commercial Edinburgh, two nativity scenes have been installed that are also provocative pieces of art. Pieces of art that convey some of the awe, that the birth of Christ story is meant to carry. (For more on awe and nativity scenes, please consult David Weale's The True Meaning of Crumbfest).
Edinburgh's main nativity scene (above) was carved by Tim Chalk in 2003. Yes, that is the baby Jesus' naked bum you can see.
Further West down Princes Street, is my second favourite nativity scene of all time, outside of St. John's Episcopal Church. This one is abstract and woven out of willow:
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