Advent Calendar day 8
The latest from the exhibition is from Bolivia, where Christmas is very much a harvest festival. They look ordinary enough roughish clay figures, but many years ago my small son looked very closely at Mary's robe, interpreted the meaning of two random holes, and carefully raised it to his lips and blew. 
Look...Yes indeed - Mary is a whistle. So is Joseph. But not the Christ-child, that would be taking it too far...

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