Starting at the top of this Christmas card it is immediately apparent that this is the standard picture of an angel accompanying the star over Bethlehem. We don't really know about angel wings but as angels sometimes appear in the sky and move swiftly the wings are a reasonable bet.
So far so good.
But wait - is it an angel? Is it a plane? It's a bird!!
It's all about perspective but in this picture that is one BIG bird. A perfectly decent image biblically - Noah's Ark, various prophets and Psalms, a symbol of the Holy Spirit at Christ's Baptism and so on. But perhaps the artist who drew this forgot that in the birth narratives of Jesus the only doves are dead ones, offered as a sacrifice when the newborn is taken to the Temple. That dove needs to be careful . . .
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