The Legend says that Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to David's town, Bethlehem, in Judea,because he was a direct descendant of David, to be registered with his future wife, Mary, now in the later stages of her pregnancy. It was on the way to Bethlehem that Jesus was born.

As a coincidence Mary remembered that she was late for a family meeting that evening not far from there. They rushed up to the nearest supermarket to buy some gold, incense and myrrh and headed to her uncles Rodney, Burger and Lion (also known as the three kings) house. Arriving in that neighborhood the young couple couldn't avoid noticing the design decoration with pine trees hanging shining balls all over the place.

Although Joseph find himself uncomfortable with the situation of meeting all her fiancee relatives in a row, he enjoyed the food even if a log was included in the menu. The other relatives enjoyed the punch a little bit more than others and people wasn't that surprised when the fat uncle Klaus, known to be prodigal, started to give bicycles to the kids eventough they were sleeping.

The tradition continued and the bicycles became toys, the toys became ties, the ties became cards and the cards became e-mails.......

Merry christmas!

Tarcísio