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12-10-2007, 09:56 AM #19
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Do people steal the baby Jesus out of YOUR town's mangers too?
random news story that fit in well:
Baby Jesus Gets Nailed
Volunteer workers at the Daley Plaza bolted down a Baby Jesus in the store's Nativity Scene, with the hopes of keeping the display's main object from being stolen.
The infant was secured to its spot with cable wrapped around its waist, and its body was then bolted to the floor of the manger.
The entire set-up was planned by a volunteer group named the "God Squad," also responsible for the nativity scene's construction.
"It's firmly in place," the Chicago Tribune quoted Nativity Scene Committee co-chairman Jim Finnegan. "There's no way you'd ever be able to get it out."
Finnegan, however, showed frustration and disappointment towards the need to go such measures.
"How sad that we're even talking about this," he said. "People do this for who knows why."
Baby Jesus-stealing was reported as not being an unusual thing, as many have attempted to make off with the little Messiah in previous years.
An incident involving the stealing of 32 baby Jesus dolls from people's houses occurred last year. The babies were then found lined up on a woman's lawn.
Political Gateway added that in 1999, a life-sized baby Jesus was stolen, only to be found in a locker in a Union Station. It was discovered through an anonymous tip.
God Squad member Dan Gura expressed his frustration and disapproval for the Jesus-stealing. He jokingly suggested the security to be heightened to the placing an electric shock device inside the manger.
He said that it would be so that anyone trying to steal the Jesus doll "could see Jesus firsthand."
Outside the Nativity scene could be seen a sign, which read "This private Nativity scene is made possible each year by the donations of those who wish to keep Christ in Christmas."
Baby Jesus Gets Nailed to the Manger
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