[Cronos]

How does a mother explain the blond-haired, blue-eyed Jesus at church to her dark-skinned child?”

Is she crazy? Jesus is everyman. He looked like an Asiatic Jew: brown skinned, most likely brown eyed and black hair. He would have looked like a Yemeni Jew


And, Jesus can be depicted as black, white, asian, whatever -- He was / is God after all, and transcends silly things like color and race

[lightman]

Aye.

One of my favorite Christmas songs from recent decades:

Some children see Him lily white,
The Baby Jesus born this night,
Some children see Him lily white,
With tresses soft and fair.
Some children see Him bronzed and brown,
The Lord of heavn’ to earth come down;
Some children see Him bronzed and brown,
With dark and heavy hair.

Some children see Him almond eyed
This Savior whom we kneel beside.
Some children see Him almond-eyed,
With skin of yellow hue.
Some children see Him dark as they
Sweet Mary’s Son to whom we pray;
Some children see Him dark as they,
And ah! They love Him too!

The children in each diff’rent place
Will see the Baby Jesus’ face
Like their, but bright with heavn’ly grace,
And filled with holy light.
O lay aside each earthly thing,
And with thy heart as offering,
Come worship now the Infant King,
‘Tis love that’s born tonight.