Lo, a child is born!

One of the quaint traditions over here is the public display of a stork to indicate the arrival of a new child. Apartment blocks will often have a communal stork, ready to be hung out of a window or over a balcony should the need arise. These usually take the form of a carved wooden effigy; this, however, is the best one I've seen so far:



PJ said it was almost worth having a child just to be able to put this up. Please note he said "almost". I was extremely worried for a moment.