The village Unity Committee (ie the 3 churches together) is running a children's Christmas card competition for which P is one of judges. On Sunday night the weather was totally wild - almost gale force wind & heavy rain. Suddenly some headlights appeared in our drive. I opened the door &, having braved the storm & our potholes a woman from church stood on the doorstep holding two competition entries: 'The kids will kill me if I don't get this in on time!'
What most of the entrants don't seem to grasp, which does seem to be a bit of a no-brainer to me is that if you are entering a church Christmas card competition you probably stand more chance if you have some reference to the birth of Jesus on it somewhere.
What I've been trying to get through to J is that:
a) While it is an original idea it is highly unlikely that in the corner of the stable there was a pile of presents & a Christmas tree.
b) It is also highly unlikely that, while standing in front of the manger, one of the shepherds carried out the ritual sacrifice of a lamb.