A rash of local thefts during this holiday season has left me a bit bewildered. In one case, a "baby Jesus" was snatched from a church's nativity display. In another, somebody made off with a "wise man and camel" from a couple's front-yard crèche. And let's not forget the "angel heist"; a brazen theft of two angels perched atop a wooden manger. The thieves left the accompanying "star" lying in the street.
Who does this stuff? Who could possibly take pleasure at, or see personal gain in stealing a couple of square feet of molded plastic? It boggles my mind.
Then again, maybe it shouldn't. If the sum total of the meaning of Christmas in today's world can be adequately displayed with an illuminated piece of molded-plastic figurine, perhaps the thieves have been doing us a favor. Christmas is more than a pretty lawn display; and that's something that even the best of thieves can't steal.
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