Chicago police describe their investigators as "three wise men" on the case who are hoping to find the pranksters who stole 32 baby Jesus figures and dumped them in someone’s front yard.
Rev. Marc Pasciak counted "32 plastic babies" and nothing else. No wise men, no Mary — just the Jesus babies vanishing from neighborhoods around Midway Airport.
"Talk about a Grinch," Pasciak said.
A woman wanting to remain anonymous brought the Jesus babies to Saint Symphorosa church after finding them in her yard.
"They were lying in her yard, arranged smallest to largest," said Pasciak. "It kind of scared her at first."
Probably the work of militant Catholic Adventists who don’t want the baby Jesus displayed until Christmas. Though why 32 and not 33 which would be much more symbolic
It is kind of funny to think about how they are going to get returned to their original owners. Will they have to go to the police station and pick theirs out from a lineup of Baby Jesus’s?
That’s the one officer – about 13 inches in swaddling clothes.
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well you can eliminate any protestants. They would have likely stolen Mary and hidden her.
So is Saint Symphorosa now called “Saint Symphorosa of the plastic infant Jesus?”
Maybe it’s some weird practical joke? Any Santas in there?
I came to exactly the same conclusion. Now let’s wait to see if Magi disappear and show up on someone’s patio on Jan. 6!
It seems you’re right, Mr. Jeff. St. Joseph is just being ignored. He IS the Rodney Dangerfield among them all, eh? Why doesn’t anyone steal him? It’s always Jesus and Mary. Why can’t Joseph?
There is actually an Advent Purist at my school who stole the Baby Jesus from the library creche one year. The purists have a point, but hey, students go home for Christmas and it would be a little odd for the college to set up a Bambino-less creche every December.
(Only at Christendom!…)