then, three wise whippets from the east followed the star to bethlehem to see the baby. this is edna, one of the wise men. all the wise men were women. i don't know if she is looking very demure now. we saw christmas approaching and saw things may be going downhill again. so we wanted to make people smile, see and hear the christmas story again, but maybe in a way they probably hadn't heard it before. who looks most like mary? who looks like a good shepherd? we had a cute, tiny puppy, so obviously he was babyjesus. there was no room at the inn. it was utter chaos, yes, absolutely. but we had some tricks up our sleeves, like a bamboo cane with a bag of treats hanging on the end, so we could dangle it and try to tempt them into going the right way. bringing gold,