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Readers Take Pen to Hand And Write Own Captions

January 17, 2013
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Actors dressed as Joseph and Mary and the three Wise Men, part of a live Nativity scene, stroll past the U.S. Capitol after demonstrating outside the nearby Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 5. Members of the Christian Defense Coalition gathered with live actors and animals to demonstrate that such displays are protected by the First Amendment. The event was a reaction to other courts involvement in the banning of Nativity scenes in some parts of the U.S.
Actors dressed as Joseph and Mary and the three Wise Men, part of a live Nativity scene, stroll past the U.S. Capitol after demonstrating outside the nearby Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 5. Members of the Christian Defense Coalition gathered with live actors and animals to demonstrate that such displays are protected by the First Amendment. The event was a reaction to other courts involvement in the banning of Nativity scenes in some parts of the U.S.

In the Jan. 15 edition of The Tablet, we printed the photo at right without its caption and invited readers to write their own captions.

At right, you can read the original caption that accompanied the photo. Below, you can read a cross-section of the ones that were submitted by our readers:

“We helped build this!” – James Brown

“The Wisest Men in Washington” – Christopher Devereux, Ozone Park

“St. John, St. Paul, St. George, St. Ringo crossing Abbey Road in Washington, D.C.” – Matthew Alioto, faithful reader

“The only Wise Men in Washington, D.C.” – T.J. Fasano

“Those Three Wise Men should pay a visit to Congress, not pass by!” – Josephine Harkay, Jamaica

“WISE MEN IN D.C.?…….REALLY?” – Joe Malkowski, Greenpoint

“Wise men still seek Him” – Karin Mille, Bedminster, N.J., and Glendale

“Strangers in a Strange Land” – Bill Carrington

“Are we finally getting some WISE men in Washington?” – Frank Cusack, St. Paul’s, Cobble Hill

“Congress could use a few more ‘wise men!’” – Father Jerome

“What an oxymoron! Wise Men in Washington!” – Kris Tapper, Greenpoint

“Just visited with King Herod” – Mercy Ocasal

“Three Wise Men Go to Washington” – Cecilia Ricafrente, St. Gerard Majella, Hollis

“Prayer and Praising… LET us adore Him!” – Josephine Sanges, Jackson Heights

“But they were warned in a dream…and returned to their own country by a different way” – Francis Sehn