Discovered Upon a Midnight Clear - December 11

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Here's a little 100 word drabble from the lads. Merry Christmas!

"It's your birthday tomorrow isn't it, sunshine?" Ray looked across at his partner.

"Hmmm," replied Bodie, sounding bored, "and here we are on yet another bloody forty-eight hour stake out." 

"Why didn't your mum call you Noel or summat Christmassy instead, then? It's the day before Christmas Eve. "

"Named after the three wise men, wasn't I," came the languid reply.

"Nah, come on. Tell."

"S'true. Three Kings and all that. Nobody knows their real names, do they, Goldilocks. So regal names it was."

Doyle sniggered, "Ah well, could be worse. Y'could have ended up being called Rudolf or Cherubim."

Comments

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

It is a cute drabble :0)

Yes, I think Caspar is widely used, particularly Europe. If I remember, it's the one we used in school. Although I could never work out who brought what. (I'm no biblical expert, I just had an entertaining RE teacher.)

I've not heard a legend which allocates the gifts to a particular King - and they're not always Kings either.

Despite singing 'We three Kings', they were always 'Wise Men' to us.

Personally, I've always had a soft spot for the donkey...