Conversation with My Wife (11)
Why are the nuns bringing sewing kits to the stable?
Deb got a reusable Advent calendar from her parents years ago. It has figures and objects from the Nativity, hand-cut and hand-painted. It finishes the day before Christmas, so besides providing an Advent countdown it also is a Nativity on Christmas. All neat, proper, and respectful.
And then I came into the family.
ME: <adding item #24> “There! The space visitor with the baby in the disposable diaper goes next to the guy in the space helmet.”
DEB: <sighing> “Yes, dear.”
ME: “Now we know where the guys with the Christmas presents are going. We know that they have Christmas presents because they have Christmas wrapping.”
DEB: “Three kings, honey. They have crowns.”
ME: “And they can see the poor confused pigs in the Jewish stable.”
DEB: “And we know it’s a Jewish stable because…”
ME: “There are Stars of David overhead.”
ME: “Although I can’t explain the nuns and why they showed up.”
DEB: “Shepherds, honey.”
ME: “Although I can’t explain the shepherds and why they showed up dressed as nuns.”
DEB: “The shepherds were told to come by the angels, Jackster.”
ME: “The ones blowing the vuvuzelas?”
DEB: <sighs> “Fine. Okay, why do the nuns have sewing needles?”
ME: “Have what?”
DEB: “Sewing needles. They have sewing needles. Why? Because sometimes swaddling clothes need some quick repair work.”
ME: <wordless>
DEB: “It’s like you write these things about me saying how smart I am, but you never actually read them!”
