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You've been warned.

There are your classic creches -- you know, away in the manger stuff. Some explain it better than I can. But the real Christmas story is cloaked in the dust of time and distorted by many storytellers; so, who was there on the night or day that the little Christ child was born, how long Mary was in labor, and whether the mid-wife was late are matters of conjecture (above dispute, however, is that Mary did not undergo a C-section).

Here is our creche. This first picture shows the general lay-out.

I notice that Jackal added the Hula Girl over there on the left, apparently thinking that wisdom should not be restricted to "Wise Men." In keeping with his interest in music, she is playing "What Child Is This?" on the ukelele. And what would the three wise men be without their side kick, the unrecognized fourth wise guy, who brought along his chest of gifts.

God's creatures gathered round the manger to witness the birth. Kong, king of the apes, surely would have made a token appearance, watching over everyone, accompanied by angels from on high (all dogs go to heaven).

Somebody found it hard to believe that Joseph, that's Mary's husband, couldn't call his parents with the wonderful news of the birth of "his" child. It is not well known that pay phones were in limited use at that time (The Rosetta Stone was cracked, but computer enhancements of the Stone clearly show the phone symbol featured prominently.).

The gargoyle? What would the birth of Christ be without having been witnessed by a pre-Christian deity, such as a Celtic gargoyle. I know I cannot imagine that others, whose icons would be soon supplanted by images of Christ, would not be interested in the event, including Santa Claus and spacemen.

Happy Holidays!