December 6

I fiddled some with the nativity scene today. It's a wooden set from this store with a childlike rendering of the main characters. I like them, though they are somewhat thin and narrow. The rearranging of them is much like playing a game of dominoes. First Mary knocked over Joseph. Then a wise man knocked over the donkey and caused the angel to fall on the shepherd. With the first wise man still lying face down on the table, a second not-so-wise man lost its footing and began to teeter back and forth, eventually toppling over and wiping out baby Jesus....and a hush came over the crowd.