Pastoral Scenes Mugs

Priest shouting to drunken man

Welcome Spring.

'No room at the inn, baby born in a manger: It's gonna be a great story to tell at parties...'

"Static cling."

"Your shepherd, Louie, has retired. I'm Mr. Smathers. I will be your grazing-resource coördinator and flock welfare-and-security manager."

'...doomed...from here...to eter...nity...'

Summer in Elysium and The long vacation in Arcadia

"Will she know what this is in reference to?"

'Quit throwing dinner plates, Gentle Jesus.'

"Dearly beloved, and others..."

"He was much more effective in the field."

'Nonsense! They can't All have headaches.'

"We’re trying to inject a little pastoralism into our lives."

"What should I say this is about?"

Antique shop owner looks at old chalice, saying: 'Well, it MIGHT be worth something if it had the original myrrh inside.'

"Yes, Daisy, Buttercup and Violet: our farmer likes flowers. . ."

Media press pack outside stable where Jesus is born

'I still love you - I just think we need some time away from each other.'

Angry Joseph in school nativity play says to Innkeeper: 'No, we did not book online.'

"There's always someone who goes over the top with their rooftop decorations."

Wow! It's like I'm in a real field with cows and everything!

'The shepherds couldn't make it!'

"Uh oh! I just remembered we were supposed to pick up the midwife."

'Creche scenes are allowed on church lawns, Finnegan.'

"God, I hate cows."

'The grass over in the meadow looks better. I wish somebody would lead off.'

"It's a working lunch."

'It all sounds very nice...But I'm a bit busy. Have you tried the shepherds behind the hill?'

"HEY!" (Bird mistakes udder for a worm).

'It's a girl!'

They're short of staff!

'I'm usually busy grazing in the morning, but I love the afternoons when I can just lay down, relax and ruminate...'

Shepherd and the Lost Sheep

Les Bons Bourgeois - An idyll in the corn

It's a girl!