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Martin Rundkvist<p>Always good when reality bites fascists in the ass. Italian fascists made a loud explicit election promise to decrease <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>. Now they've broken the promise bigly because <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> has a <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> shortage. This is because of an ongoing demographic collapse with low <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nativity</span></a>.</p><p>To start with, it's 500,000 new work visas for non-EU people. This is evidently not enough and will be followed by more.</p><p><a href="https://etidning.etc.se/p/dagens-etc/2025-07-04/a/melonis-regering-backar-utokar-antalet-arbetsvisum/4987/1956113/64132347" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">etidning.etc.se/p/dagens-etc/2</span><span class="invisible">025-07-04/a/melonis-regering-backar-utokar-antalet-arbetsvisum/4987/1956113/64132347</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/demography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demography</span></a></p>
Charles Lemaire Photographe<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nativity</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> on holiday around <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/luxemburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luxemburg</span></a><br>for the <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/uglybelgianstatues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uglybelgianstatues</span></a> project<br>Not all of them are really ugly... but !<br>More info on: <a href="https://www.charleslemaire.eu/Travaux/uglybelgianstatues" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">charleslemaire.eu/Travaux/ugly</span><span class="invisible">belgianstatues</span></a></p>
David Allan<p>The 12th day of Christmas, eve of Epiphany, the feast that celebrates the wise men's visit to baby Jesus in Bethlehem.<br>This gorgeous stained glass window in St Oswald's Church, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, depicts the arrival of the Magi, bearing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/epiphany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epiphany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/stainedglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stainedglass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Andrew Shields<p>Yes, there will always be room</p><p>Still No Room At The Inn<br>Olga Dermott-Bond </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OlgaDermottBond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlgaDermottBond</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Birth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Motherhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Motherhood</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nativity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://dodgingtherain.com/2024/12/25/olga-dermott-bond-still-no-room-at-the-inn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dodgingtherain.com/2024/12/25/</span><span class="invisible">olga-dermott-bond-still-no-room-at-the-inn/</span></a></p>
Henry Edward Hardy<p>Dear family and friends,</p><p>Merry Christmas!</p><p>God bless us every one!</p><p>--Henry</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiart</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midjourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midjourney</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nativity</span></a></p>
Scottish Lass<p>I pointed an old-style camcorder at a traditional <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nativity</span></a> scene containing small figurines. The face detection square popped up for baby <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> but not <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Mary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mary</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Joseph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Joseph</span></a> or the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ThreeMagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMagi</span></a>.🤔</p>
R S Thomas (poet)<p>‘Nativity’ 1986 - <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RSThomas" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSThomas</a> (Experimenting with an Amen, Macmillan) <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Genedigaeth" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genedigaeth</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Nativity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nativity</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Bardd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bardd</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Barddoniaeth" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barddoniaeth</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Cerdd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cerdd</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Poet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poet</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Poetry" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Poem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poem</a></p>
mark 🇮🇪 🇪🇺<p>This is for all ye church/chant nerds: the writers of the Roman martyrology for today wanted to make very sure you understood this was a VERY concrete event in time 🙂 happy birthday of Jesus (at least according to some guys in the 4th century or so) (The Christmas Proclamation - Kalenda) <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nativity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NativitatisDomini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativitatisDomini</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/b_BiUkJmi2Q?si=ilvS9RbXk7Xz5pu9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/b_BiUkJmi2Q?si=ilvS9R</span><span class="invisible">bXk7Xz5pu9</span></a></p>
Timo Grün<p>Merry Christmas!<br><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nativity</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/nativityscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nativityscene</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a></p>
Dr H<p>Nativity scene.<br>I was tasked with making the display for a set of nativity figures a family member bought.</p><p>Kept it simple to not overshadow the figures, and opened up the structure (part-exploded / exaggerated perspective) to not cast shadows on them either.<br>It's a display base, not a scale model.</p><p>Finished off with a print-out of an edited picture of a star in the night sky,</p><p>Happy Christmas everyone, whether you are celebrating, having a break, or doing neither.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Nativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nativity</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/HappyChristmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HappyChristmas</span></a></p>
Eugenia LMother. With watercolors.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/watercolor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gouache?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gouache</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/illustration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/traditionalart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#traditionalart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mastoart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fediart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/christmas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#christmas</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cottagecoreart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cottagecoreart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookillustration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookillustration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nativityscene?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nativityscene</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nativity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nativity</a>