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Christmas night?
2006-12-02 05:09:55 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am sure that the cows, horses, donkeys, etc. had to go to the bathroom somewhere. Maybe they even had to smell cow breath if they were in the manger and smell old, rotten, fermented grain and hay that the cows drooled on and didn't want to eat anymore. (Yes, cows are picky like that--if you feed them well for a while, they won't eat older hay or grain.)
It's a good thing that Mary was wise enough to go to the manger as opposed to the alleyway. Then she would only deal with whatever the animals want to eat (because that's what mangers in barns and stables are for--they're where the food is placed) instead of whatever makes it through the animals' digestive process after it eats (which is what they alleyway or gutters in barns are for).
Joseph and Mary probably had to deal with the loud bellering of cows, neighing of horses or donkeys, the animals' digestive noises, and a lot of rattling from the animals' movements.
Aside from the fact that Mary was busy having a child there and that she had guests to entertain (the wisemen), she probably would have gotten very little sleep in the stable if she was not accustomed to farm work.
2006-12-02 05:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Although it's obvious the conditions of being in a stable was quite unsanitary as well as some domesticated animals may have accompanied the family of three, I'm sure they had the warmth smell of LIFE and the sound of SOMEONE MOST SPECIAL and PROFOUND to perhaps change humankind like no other in history.
2006-12-02 13:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by chaseki 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds of horses being stabled there and smell of the old barn yard.
2006-12-02 13:13:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The stables of this time were often caves, with animals on one level or area and living quarters on another. It was not as Christians think of in the Creche scene.
And, the question is a silly one to ask.
2006-12-02 13:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by Shossi 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Considering she was giving birth, neither of them probably noticed anything other than the sight of a Holy child being born and his first cry.
But there would have been the warm, gamy smell of the animals and the sweet smell of hay and the baas of sheep or whatever they might have shared the stable with..
And of course, the "Heavenly Host" singing.
2006-12-02 13:16:30 · answer #5 · answered by barbwarr519 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Smell of animal dung, lots of animal noises, Mary screaming in agony.
2006-12-02 13:13:24 · answer #6 · answered by Ally 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They were listening to the sheep go baaaaa!!! and the smell of hay and poo, and maybe a little scream from mary too!?
2006-12-02 13:12:15 · answer #7 · answered by chloe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
True history does not support the "no room at the Inn" fable. The circumstances would have been totally different to Christian fiction.
2006-12-02 13:22:56 · answer #8 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Find a nice stable and go in and sleep the night there and you will find what they are.
2006-12-02 13:12:19 · answer #9 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
normal animal smells and Noise. it was a stable I am sure they were amazed at the shepherds visit and thankful to God that the birth went well.
2006-12-02 13:16:06 · answer #10 · answered by Mim 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋