Yep – a new way to find Jesus. Literally. You’d think this was a new church movement for people; yet another way to find religion. It’s not really quite how it sounds. You see, at this time of the year it seems people steal baby Jesus and assorted other figures from creches. Some of the figures are life size and none of them are cheap. If people keep running off with your wise men, it can run into quite a bit of money having to replace them every year. So they are installing GPS locators into Jesus, the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph and probably a few camels.
It’s kind of pathetic, in my opinion, that people would steal from churches but that’s another story altogether.
Speaking of Christmas, the other night Frank & I came home and were completely shocked. You know our neighbors? The loud ones with the cars they park in the backyard? They have lived next door for at least 17 years. In all that time, they have never, ever had any sort of Christmas decoration up. They’ve never had any decoration for any holiday up. No pumpkins, no flowered Spring wreaths on the door. Nothing. Not in the entire time they have lived in that house. There hasn’t been as much as a red bow. Well there, smack in the middle of the lawn was a Christmas tree with lights. The lights have been on night & day. The extension cord is draped out of their dining room window and makes it’s way to the front of the house.
If it was in front of anyone else’s house, it would seem perfectly natural. But in front of theirs? It just seems a wee bit strange. I wonder what else is in store…
December 10th, 2008 at 10:09 pm Quote
I would guess that baby Jesus and St. Joseph (complete with blinking red light inside) will show up next door. So will the police. If I was the police I would tell them God came to me and told me where to find the stolen stuff.
Yes my birthday was in November….but it was #42, kind of a boring birthday.