Stinky holidays

[mrissa]

In line at the PO today, I heard a four-year-old singing the following carol:
"Jingle bells, an'mals smell, Je-e-sus was born.
A ghost pulled down his underpants and laid a robin's e-egg.
Jingle bells, Jesus smells--"
And that, for some reason, was where his momma distracted him.

I was really curious about where the theology was going on that one.

Comments

[wilfulcait.livejournal.com]

You don't think maybe the "an'mals smells" line is a condensed reference to the manger scene?

[mkille.livejournal.com]

Yes, that too--but the manger itself is a commentary on humans' true shared creatureliness with the other animals (as opposed to the vain self-satisfaction of our fine homes and possessions), and an echo of both the Garden of Eden in Genesis and the "peaceable kingdom" vision in Isaiah. It doesn't surprise me that a four-year-old would choose the fullest possible range of allusions...