'Tis good to learn stuff

Yesterday I taught a Sunday School "class" consisting of a 7-year-old and a 4-year-old. They are a big sister/little brother duo and are as adorable as can be.

We were using a lesson from Dec. 20, and talking about Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus in the manger.

Um...I guess I thought the manger was another word for the stable they found for shelter on that cold winter night. But the story said it was a feeding trough for the animals used for the baby's crib.

Where have I been? If I knew that once, I forgot.

Kid Two, Cameron, was helping me with the lesson and he said he'd inferred the manger was the makeshift crib from the words of the carol "Away in the Manger."

I'll be OK. It's good to learn something new every day..