what can I give you?

I learned last night that my parents had 'in the bleak midwinter' at their wedding. Despite being a geographer, I'm ashamed to say I don't know what the weather would have been like in the middle east 'Long long ago' but I suspect we have anglicised the story. Skipping past the first verse, I have always found the last one very meaningful, asking the question what can I give him? The shepherds logically brought a lamb which obviously the baby Jesus cuddled up to and had as a faithful pet. The wise men played their part and being wise, that's what I do.
I've not bought many presents this year - my kids are getting plenty, but really I'm not a big giver of presents. Now presence, that's a different matter. One of the gifts I'm most pleased with giving this year was noticing someone could do with some time and space and so setting that up.
My boyfriend wanted some wellies so I got him some And he's used them lots already so I won't he wrapping them with the mud clinging to their soles. So there's not a single thing I'll be giving him on Christmas day. And that's the same for each of you reading this - I don't think any of you have even got a card, some of you live near enough to have had a Christmas hug but some not - sorry. All I can assure you is that I give what I have. My heart. Xx

Is it wrong that I've been amused all day by the thought of Jesus having a pet lamb?? I wonder if I write these blogs to entertain myself - I'm still chuckling over a suggestion I made earlier in the week about being a wedding planner - that's not going to be my next career move is it? Anyway, I'm back now to lots of emails but they might wait, I'm still off work today, back in tomorrow :)