
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, SoHo, Manhattan

St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, SoHo, Manhattan

Posted at West Broadway/Broome Street, SoHo, Manhattan
What do you think the infant Jesus and the gnome are off doing?!

St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, SoHo, Manhattan

St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, SoHo, Manhattan

Posted at West Broadway/Broome Street, SoHo, Manhattan
What do you think the infant Jesus and the gnome are off doing?!
Tags: gnome·jesus·nativity·New York·soho·st anthony of padua catholic church
22 responses so far ↓
1 Mike W // Jan 3, 2004 at 9:02 am
Omigod! If they were stolen by the same person, he could create the Anti-Christ!!!
2 Mike // Jan 3, 2004 at 9:42 am
This is fantastic. But perhaps Baby Jesus is not off with the gnome, but is rather about to be eaten.
3 joe s // Jan 3, 2004 at 11:01 am
Hee hee, did you look at http://whereismygnome.com? The “how you can help” link is especially relevant.
4 Mike W // Jan 3, 2004 at 11:26 am
Perhaps it is the work of the Dark Lord Sauron….
5 rachelleb // Jan 3, 2004 at 11:27 am
hmm. maybe i should send a link to my site to the gnome guy to tell him someone is “helping” him in soho!
i thought it strange that i passed both of these missing signs on a short walk to brunch on new years day.
6 Sean // Jan 3, 2004 at 4:09 pm
Maybe there are traveling the world in search of adventure like in that movie Amilie
7 joe s // Jan 3, 2004 at 6:17 pm
Don’t write this guy! Even more strange is the toll-free #. That’s a bit expensive for a joke. Turns out the missing gnome is a viral marketing campaign for travelocity.com. See: http://ad-rag.com/107627.php, and http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/053738.htm
8 rachelle // Jan 3, 2004 at 7:32 pm
thanks for the info, joe. interesting.. i dont understand what travelocity is gaining by it though
9 Mike W // Jan 3, 2004 at 9:21 pm
Maybe it’s the beginning for a MIIIB movie!
10 Arthur // Jan 4, 2004 at 1:53 pm
despite the travelocity thing, I saw that the gnome was spotted in WISCONSON - rachelle - anything to say about that?.. has your family been involved? the gnome WAS spotted in Wisconson.
11 rachelle // Jan 4, 2004 at 11:33 pm
yeh, i stole the gnome and took it to wi. heh.
12 joe s // Jan 5, 2004 at 9:09 am
The missing Baby Jesus was mentioned in the Times today - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/nyregion/05JESU.html
13 tien // Jan 5, 2004 at 12:56 pm
the gnome campaign is also in the times. it’s not too viral if it’s got a tv ad.
14 rachelle // Jan 5, 2004 at 1:03 pm
i think the times reads this site for inspiration for new stories. heh.
15 hubs // Jan 5, 2004 at 1:58 pm
pretty soon the time will be writing about the recent beautiful sunset out in Wisconsin.
16 joe // Jan 5, 2004 at 3:32 pm
Wow, you scooped them twice in one posting. I wonder if travelocity knows about this campaign?
17 rachelle // Jan 6, 2004 at 7:54 am
bleh. i saw the travelocity commercial last night on tv with the gnome in it.. and that’s exactly what i wanted to do to it, joe.
18 tawna // Jan 6, 2004 at 10:35 am
i saw that spot too. it’s stupid. what’s with the retarded accent, i don’t get it. why is travelocity doing this?
19 Anthony // Jan 10, 2004 at 4:22 am
This is the worst advertising campaign since that Raging Cow thing!
20 rachelleb // Jan 10, 2004 at 8:36 am
yeh. i guess i fell for it at first.. but i agree!
21 Lisa // Jan 28, 2004 at 8:53 pm
One’s in danger of getting bubbles up one’s whoopsey-daisy!
22 Bayzarre.com // Sep 1, 2005 at 11:49 pm
Travelocity Roaming Gnome Held Hostage