REPLICA OF BABY JESUS STOLEN
Someone stole the baby from the manger scene in front of a Merced church. That kind of nonsense happens a lot at this time of the year. What caught my attention about the article reporting the incident is that the writer felt that he had to explain that it was "a life-sized REPLICA of baby Jesus." I wouldn't have imagined that it was anything else but a replica at this point in history. I suppose that might not be obvious to everyone.