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In a small Southern town there was a beautiful Nativity Scene that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. However, there was one small feature that 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 Quick Stop on the edge of town, I asked the woman behind the counter about the helmets.

She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You damn Yankees never do read the Holy Bible!"

I assured her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Holy Bible. She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through 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.'"
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