We got our Christmas on Sunday. In preparation, we set up our crèche on the top of the living room bureau Saturday night.
We have the most diverse, democratic crèche in Christendom, cobbled together from years of hand-me-downs and gifts. The pieces mingle merrily:
Half a dozen Marys
Slightly fewer Josephs
And Four Jesuses.
At least seven wise men
Not nearly so many shepherds
Even less sheep
Two nutcrackers
Two dogs (one of them Snoopy)
Three Santas
A lion
…and neither a partridge nor a pear tree.