Christmas: It's All About Giving
Three wise men came to Bethlehem
Each bearing birthday treats.
Joe and Mary were unimpressed
And asked for the receipts.
Christmas is all about giving. Well, it used to be ... probably. We can can blame the three wise men, who trudged all the way from wherever it was they came from to Bethlehem to bother the baby Jesus, for starting this indefatigable tradition. Mary and Joseph were schacked up in a one-star hotel when Larry, Moe and Curly dropped by bearing gifts of gold, frankfurters (to be fair, they didn't know that he was Jewish and forbidden pork ... but, as is usual in these instances, it's the thought that counts, isn't it?) and myrrh-rhrrrr (an old timey cough remedy, good for shifting phlegm). Socks had been suggested at the pre-expedition meeting, but, as practical as knitwear for the pedal extremities would have been as gift for a small child in the freezing mid-Winter, nobody wanted to appear cheap. So much for the wisdom attributed to them ...
(c)Frank Rooney
(c)Frank Rooney
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