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How Jesus got to wear "Pampers"!

Kids say the darndest things! I wasn't any different!

The other week I was talking to my mom on the phone, reminiscing about my childhood, and she mentioned something funny that happened when I was a still a toddler, about three years old.

As you probably know, a lot of people are very brand-specific these days when it comes to buying clothing and various beauty and personal care products. But it sure isn't a new phenomenon!

My mom a first time mother in the 70s had come to believe in the unmistakable quality of "Pampers" name-brand diapers, based on friends' recommendations, family's testimonies and, of course, her own positive experience. Before I was potty-trained she would always say something like: Come here, "mein Schatz", (that means "my little treasure" in German), let's put your "Pampers" on". So whenever she got ready to diaper me, she'd inevitably used the "Pampers" brand in talking to me. No wonder I picked up on it quickly!

At Christmas time, just after my third birthday, it would show just how much I had internalized the diaper brand name, even at that young an age!

My mom had set up a little nativity scene under the fresh-cut and very fragrant Christmas tree, including all but the "Christ-Child", which would be added on Christmas Eve, as it is tradition in many German households.

Naturally, I admired the beautiful shiny-red glass ornaments, the golden tinfoil and the glistening-white cotton balls, symbolizing fresh-fallen snow, as they were illuminated by the light of the Christmas lights, which gently embraced the deep green needle tree branches.

But most of all, I was anxiously waiting to see the "Christ-Child" "Baby Jesus"!

When the "Christ-Child" finally "came", as my mom put it, I ran to the miniature wooden barn with the petite sheep, the donkey, the cow, the bowing sheepherders, the three reverently approaching "Wise-Men", and of course, Joseph and Mary.
Finally, in the middle of all, worshiped by the other little porcelain figurines, lay in a small manger the tiny replica of the "Christ-Child" little "Baby Jesus"! I curiously looked at the babe, and then looked at my mom, who anticipated all but the inquisitive look I gave her, and then at the baby figurine again.

How could that be? The baby was lying there in its birthday suit all naked!

Bewildered, I gazed at my mom and asked with big blue expectant eyes: "Why isn't the "Christ-Child" wearing any "Pampers"?"

Well, that got a good laugh out of my mom and she ended up creating a makeshift "Pampers", ahem, I meant to say "diaper", for little Jesus!

So, now you know how Jesus got to wear "Pampers"!

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