Christmas screw up

Is there a return slip for this?

Wise man who brought myrrh thought they’d agreed on a spending limit

“We all said before this, since we’re buying gifts for God among men, that there would be a temptation to go overboard,” said Caspar, the wise man who brought myrrh. “That’s why I distinctly remember us setting a denari limit on the gifts. What happened?”

“Well... I thought she’d like gold,” replied Balthazar, the wise man who brought gold.

“Of course she’d like gold!” shouted Caspar. “That’s not the point. We weren’t supposed to try to show each other up here. But instead, she’s like ‘Wow! Gold!’ right before she opens my gift where she’s all, ‘Oh. What’s this?’”

“She seemed to like the myrrh once you explained it to her,” Balthazar said.

“Yes, she was very polite about it,” Caspar responded. “But do you know what you don’t have to explain to people? Gold!”

“Hey, I got showed up too,” said the wise man Melchior, who gave frankincense.

Caspar pointed an accusing finger at him. “You were also over budget.”

They did all agree the baby was very cute.

We avoid this sort of trouble in the Fountain family: everyone gets a pass on gift giving except individuals who happened to sell $50 million in real estate this year. Gideon, we’ve posted our wish lists on Amazon for your convenience.