Another weekend is upon us and what fantastic plans do I have for my days away from the office? Well, I’ve decided to put my sky diving appointment off until next weekend. You see, tomorrow I am doing something much more exciting: I’m helping my mother put together her nativity village.

Take note, I said village. Not nativity scene. Village.

When I was about 12 or so (which was also when I realized I was different, wonder if there’s any correlation?) my mom decided to have a nativity set up for Christmas. At the time, it was exciting and cute and even kind of cool. We were off to our local Zellers and bought ourselves a few porcelain houses to create a little town around the statues of Jesus and his folks in the barn.

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