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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.

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 down the road, I asked the woman behind the counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You stupid Yankees never do read the Holy Bible!"

I assured her that I most certainly did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the 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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