Laura48
12-24-2002, 1:27am
A Kentucky Christmas:
Passing through a small Kentucky town one evening last December, I was impressed to see a "Nativity Scene" that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. It was so beautiful that I got out of my car for a closer look.
One small feature did bother me, though: the Three Wise Men seemed to be wearing firemen's helmets. Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left, pondering.
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, "Y'all 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 through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face, she announced triumphantly, "See, it says right here: 'The Three Wise Men came from afar.'"
:funny:
Passing through a small Kentucky town one evening last December, I was impressed to see a "Nativity Scene" that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. It was so beautiful that I got out of my car for a closer look.
One small feature did bother me, though: the Three Wise Men seemed to be wearing firemen's helmets. Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left, pondering.
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, "Y'all 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 through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face, she announced triumphantly, "See, it says right here: 'The Three Wise Men came from afar.'"
:funny: