In a small southern town there
was a "Nativity Scene" that showed great skill and
talent had gone into creating it.
One small feature bothered me. The three wise men were wearing
firemen's helmets.
Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I
left.
At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the
lady behind the counter about the helmets.
She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You darn
Yankees never do read the Bible!"
I assured her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything
about firemen in the Bible.
She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru
some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage.
Sticking it in my face, she said "See, it says right
here:
'The three wise man came from
afar.'"
Knowing that the minister was
very fond of cherry brandy, one of the church elders offered
to present him with a Christmas gift of a bottle on one
consideration - that the pastor acknowledge receipt of the
gift in the church paper.
"Gladly," responded
the good man.
When the church magazine came
out a few days after Christmas, the elder turned at once to
the "appreciation" column. There he read: "The
minister extends his thanks to Elder Brown for his gift of
fruit and for the spirit in which it was given."
Planning a Christmas weekend
of entertaining guests, I made a list of things I needed to
do, including taking food out of the freezer and grocery
shopping.
As it happened, a friend whom I had been promising to take to
lunch asked if we could make it that Friday.
So, hopping into the car, I taped my "to do" list to
the dashboard and went and picked her up.
As she settled into the car, her face dropped.
"Thanks a lot!" she sulked.
Then I glanced at my list and saw the first item: "Take
out the Turkey."
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