WHY YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE IMAGES OF JESUS, EVEN AT CHRISTMAS TIME - By News Division

Found here. Our comments in bold.
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Video link.

The forms of idolatry are,

• Fetishism, or the worship of trees, rivers, hills, stones, etc.
• Nature worship, the worship of the sun, moon, and stars, as the supposed powers of nature.
• Hero worship, the worship of deceased ancestors, or of heroes.

...strictly speaking denotes the worship of deity in a visible form, whether the images to which homage is paid are symbolical representations of the true God or of the false divinities which have been made the objects of worship in his stead.

The video tries to explain why a baby Jesus in a creche is idolatry. Mr. Stewart says in the video that an image would draw your mind to the subject, and this by definition must be worshipful. Thus he tries to establish that looking at an image of God is in itself worship of the image.

Worship is προσκυνέω (proskuneó), I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship. From pros and a probable derivative of kuon (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore) -- worship.

This is a very specific and deliberate action, not a casual or incidental thing. One cannot accidentally or inadvertently worship.

Mr. Stewart does quote a Scripture:

Jn. 14:9 Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.

We can only speculate why this Scripture is relevant. Mr. Stewart does not tell us why a picture, a figurine, or even a movie that portrays Jesus is idolatry. He simply does not do it.

We certainly recognize that certain religions teach the worship of images. And we also recognize that there are a lot of false beliefs out there. However, we would say that having a baby Jesus simply does not rise to the level of a pressing problem.

It smacks of superstition to us. 

As an aside, the screenshot below pictures a creche, with an X drawn through the baby Jesus. Apparently the potential for sin is so great here that the scene needs to be edited for offensive content. Hmm.
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In this short video, Neil Stewart shares why Christians should not share or have images or artistic representations of Immanuel (God with us). Throw those baby Jesus nativity sets out the window and avoid the idolatry altogether.