(Written after my nephew's Christmas pageant in 2008). I made it out here to California for a nice little Christmas vacation on a Thursday afternoon. Being the cool Uncle that I am I went to pick my nephew up at school (I think it is a Lutheran school or something) where I was informed that he was going to be in the Christmas pageant as a Shepard that Sunday. Of course I was going to have to go but I was a little annoyed at the idea of having to attend church since I haven't stepped into a church for a non-wedding related event in over a decade. Thinking about going made me fear that I … [Read more...]