December 10, 200421 yr It's a celebrity Christmas Charlie Brown! Link includes slideshow.... Nativity Scene With Beckham Causes Stir LONDON - Christian leaders denounced a nativity scene at a London wax museum featuring soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, a former Spice Girl, as the parents of Jesus. The waxwork tableau at Madame Tussauds museum included President Bush (news - web sites), British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) and Prince Philip as the three Wise Men, actors Hugh Grant (news) and Samuel L. Jackson as shepherds, and disco diva Kylie Minogue (news) as an angel. "There is a well-understood tradition that each generation interprets and reinterprets the nativity ... but, oh dear!" said the Rev. Jonathan Jenkins, spokesman for the archbishop of Canterbury, who leads the world's 77 million Anglicans. At the Vatican (news - web sites), a spokesman said it was unacceptable to have celebrities representing Jesus, Joseph or Mary. The spokesman mentioned the tradition in Naples of using celebrities such as Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona, but never as one of the principal figures. Madame Tussauds said it had respected this tradition, using a plastic doll in the manger. The other characters, it said, were chosen in a public vote that drew 300 ballots. "We're sorry if we have offended people," said Diane Moon, a spokeswoman for the museum.
December 10, 200421 yr At the Vatican (news - web sites), a spokesman said it was unacceptable to have celebrities representing Jesus, Joseph or Mary. The spokesman mentioned the tradition in Naples of using celebrities such as Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona, but never as one of the principal figures. Did anyone tell Mel Gibson about this?
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