Let us take a moment to focus on the real message of Christmas. We wish to share with you some missing pieces to the Christmas story which have unfolded in our home over the past few years.

You see, every year a drama unfolds across our hardwood floors as the three wise men begin their journey toward the manger. And in that drama, we have been introduced to some little known characters. Perhaps you did not know that one of the three kings carried upon his camel a gift far more fitting for the baby Jesus than those gifts we’ve always heard about. He brought to the newborn king a small teddy bear named Frank. Just a baby himself, we avoid confusing him with grown up human Frank by calling him Frank Infant.

Many adventures and misadventures befell the kings, the camels and Infant Frank as they wandered through far away lands.

These kings of orient started strong as they journeyed through China.

Past the great pyramids of Egypt they traveled.

But alas, the Lord had additional plans for the travelers. For Mary, the mother of his son , God’s baby mama, was but a young girl and at risk for being unable to provide adequate nutrition for her new infant. So God needed for the wise men to take on the extra burden of traveling with a cow. She was indeed a good cow, a noble cow. Goldie was her name, so called for the golden bell she wore around her neck.