CHICAGO — On the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving, a group of carpenters and tradesmen donated their time and energies to construct a one-of-a-kind display honoring the birth of Jesus Christ in downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n
It’s "one-of-a-kind" because all others in the world famous Daley Center Plaza annual holiday display fail to mention whose birthday Christmas celebrates.<\/p>\n
Every year, the "God Squad," a group of volunteer tradesmen, erect one of the world’s largest nativity scenes around Thanksgiving and take it down on the last day of December.<\/p>\n
The God Squad, headed and financed by retired businessman and Catholic activist Jim Finnegan of Barrington and business owner and founder of the Walsh Forum radio program Dick Walsh, have had to make a few changes in their project’s construction.<\/p>\n
Several years ago, someone stole the Christ Child out of the creche’s manger, launching a citywide search. The next day, following an anonymous tip, the baby was found in a Greyhound bus station locker.<\/p>\n
Now the Christ Child is securely chained to the manger and instead of angels protecting the baby, Chicago Police stand guard. [Source<\/a>] [Via Matt C. Abbott<\/a>]<\/p>\n Chained in a manger, The links prevent some guy, They rattle and jangle, I chain thee, Lord Jesus Be near me, Lord Jesus, The extra loud siren, CHICAGO — On the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving, a group of carpenters and tradesmen donated their time and energies to construct a one-of-a-kind display honoring the birth of Jesus Christ…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAttached to his bed,
\nThe little Lord Jesus,
\nAnchored there instead<\/p>\n
\nRemove Jesus where he lay
\nThe Little Lord Jesus,
\nFastened securely today<\/p>\n
\nChains surely wont break,
\nAnd Little Lord Jesus,
\nSome Scrooge
\nwill not take<\/p>\n
\nSecurity apply,
\nAnd stay by my side,
\nA bolt through your thigh<\/p>\n
\nI ask thee to stay
\nAlarm system manger,
\nTripwire in the hay<\/p>\n
\nScreams through the night air
\nThe Little Lord Jesus,
\nElectrified – so beware!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"