The early evening storm had subsided, and the young father was putting his 5-year-old daughter to bed for the night.
It was a cold December morning. Two women, their arms filled with bundles and their coat collars raised against the wintry wind, were walking past the window of a large store. In the window was a scene of the Nativity – the Christ Child in the manger, Mary and Joseph, the kneeling shepherds, and the cattle standing nearby.