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Seasonal singing O


Stoughton, Wis.


My kids’ favorite Epiphany song is “We Three Kings of Orient Are.” But instead of “field and fountain, moor and mountain” their version includes the phrase


“Fear the fountains, more than mountains.” Karen Southward Pickerington, Ohio


Angelic babysitter


Grandma Hardy took Nevaeh, 4, to an auto parts store. As she looked at the rack of key chains, she finally got to one she knew: “There’s Mary and baby Jesus.” Grandma asked who the third person (the angel) was, and Nevaeh answered,


“Oh that’s the babysitter.” Diane Jensen Humboldt, Iowa


Christmas ‘help’


I volunteered to fill in for the parish secretary of Little Zion (Indianfield) Lutheran Church, Telford, Pa., during her vacation. I prepared the bulletin and the pastor proofread it for the most part. What a surprise Sunday morning when the pastor pointed out that on Friday morning people were encouraged to help in the “un-


BILL AND BOB THOMAS


“Nice, but I’d stick with your original gift of myrrh.”


decorating” of the church, not the “un- dercoating” as was listed on the bulletin calendar. Our beloved Arlene is in no


danger of losing her job to a volunteer. Wayne Ledger Telford, Pa.


Precocious preschooler I team-teach 3- and 4-year-olds at Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C., with my wife, Lisa, and our friend, Chari. One Sunday, I taught solo. We colored pictures, dressed in prophet costumes and said our prayers. Class seemed to be going well, but apparently not: I had forgotten the snack. I could sense the frustration when Axel, 3, whispered to my son, Emmett, 4: “Isn’t your


mommy going to be “Nice job kid!”


here today?’’ Mel Antonen Washington, D.C.


BOB VOJTKO ur 3-year-old grandson made this astute comment regarding Christmas:


“Whoever invented Christmas did a great job with the music!” Diane Halom


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