That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 26, 2018

“What a unique solution to your indoor lighting problem!”

He’s a bright little fellow.

A head start until Mabrndt gets here … Czarka

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerard_van_Honthorst_002.jpg

“His schwanzstucker is enormous!”

“Holy crap! I’m not going to change this one.”

The Adoration of the Shepherds: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerard_van_Honthorst_002.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions/, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting, once attributed to van Honthorst, this is now attributed to his student, Matthias Stom.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/stomer_matthias.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=4106 

http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100534420 

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=195354 

https://vads.ac.uk/large.php?vadscoll=Birmingham+Museum+and+Art+Gallery&pic=1958P1 

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437757 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/s/stom/biograph.html 

all have info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here (2 times, with this repeat as a Classic). 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2011/12/27?comments=visible 

has the prior (I just added the comment there, same info as here).

Again, a slightly larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s A PRICELESS HOLIDAY CLASSIC (2010) (December 25, 2018) blog entry (was MASTERPIECE #247 posted December 25, 2010 - second Christmas blog post), accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

I hate to mention this Joseph, but he doesn’t look like you at all.

The trick is to whip away the under sheet as quick as you can.

the baby gave off a bright light so the people knew he was the devil.

Alakazam! A baby!

He’s almost done, just another minute and then flip him… and you’ll get lovely grill marks! :>)

And none of them with any sunglasses!

they’re treating him like bread dough – keeping him wrapped so he can rise again

Your right, he does warm your hands.