Mmm. Cadillacs.

But the Rev. C. Thomas Anderson, senior pastor of the Living Word Bible Church in Mesa, Arizona, preaches a version of the Christmas story that says baby Jesus wasn't so poor after all.

"Mary and Joseph took a Cadillac to get to Bethlehem because the finest transportation of their day was a donkey," says Anderson. "Poor people ate their donkey. Only the wealthy used it as transportation.""

Uh... so the poor people ate their Cadillacs? No wonder they stayed poor. Oh, prosperity gospel. You are so silly.


Not so silly - velvetpage's first Christmas pudding of the year, served out at my mom and dad's house last night.


Stockings hung by the non-functional former fireplace with care!


Happy kids!


And a panful of pea-meal bacon!