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.

At a "Quick 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 people
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 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.'"