THE GHOSTS 

OF 

CHRISTMAS PAST

#3

Christmas Eve tradition

Rocking the Baby

Angelic

On this

Christmas Eve

The first and only time

My son was an altar boy.

Midnight mass 

Carmelite Monastery/home to the 

cloistered Carmelite nuns.

We love those girls.

They possess

a small relic

a small piece 

of the original cross 

My son's job

was to rock 

The Baby

in 

The Cradle

People lined up 

to kiss 

the glass

of 

the small relic

of 

the small piece 

of

the original cross

The other altar boy

had a clean white starched handkerchief

that he used

to wipe 

the glass

 after

each kiss.