A Southern Nativity Scene:
In a small Southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed great
skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature bothered me.
The three wise men were wearing firemen's helmets. Totally unable to come up
with a reason or explanation, I left. At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town,
I asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets. She exploded into a
rage, yelling at me, "You darn Yankees never do read the Bible!" I assured
her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the
Bible. She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru some
pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face
she said "See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came from afar'."
