BETHLEHEM - Three wise men visited the baby Jesus, presenting gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to his mother Mary. Afterward, the wise man who brought myrrh confronted the other two wise men since it had been his understanding there was an agreed-upon spending limit for the newborn king of the Jews.

"We all said before this, since we're buying gifts for God among men, that there would be a temptation to go overboard," said Caspar, the wise man who brought myrrh. "That's why I distinctly remember us setting a denari limit on the gifts. What happened?"

"Well... I thought she'd like gold," replied Balthazar, the wise man who brought gold.

"Of course she'd like gold!" shouted Caspar. "That's not the point. We weren't supposed to try to show each other up here. But instead, she's like

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