Christmas Story by James A. Feehan

Story title: Christmas Story
By: James A. Feehan

    One Christmas morning, a very upset mother came to a pastor and told him that her little boy of six was missing. Before doing anything, he listened to her story.
    The child had been writing to Santa Claus for a wheelbarrow. And, of course, it duly arrived on Christmas morning along with the other gifts. He disappeared with the wheelbarrow while his mother
was preparing the Christmas dinner; and his absence went unnoticed for several hours.
    The priest decided to go to the police with the mother. But as the church was just next door, he suggested that both of them make a short visit and ask the Lord's help for their search. As they prayed in silence, they heard a noise toward the front of the church. They went over to investigate and who did they see but the missing child coming toward them pushing his wheelbarrow. He was not alone, for perched in the wheelbarrow on top of some straw was the infant from the crib.
    Then the story unfolded. It seems that once when he was kneeling at the crib with his mother, he had entered into a secret agreement with the Baby Jesus that if he could use his influence with Santa Clause to get him a wheelbarrow, he would take him for a ride in it. Now he was only keeping his promise, and he had spent the last two hours wheeling the infant around the church.