Thanks for the story on the Matheny school Christmas play, Stanley; We had a similar play at Chapmanvlle Elementery. The teacher selected me & two others for the Wise Men.She told us to get our costumes, and showed us a picture of them. Clarence Johnson was one of the wise men. His dad was a junk & salvage guy. We got some stiff iron rods for the shepherd;s staffs, and bent them on the ends. We then covered the staffs with crepe paper.The problem came up about the sheets we wore.I stole one of grandma Baisden's sheets; cut in half, and the problem was solved. I heard about it later from her; I told her maybe some poor person stole it off the clothelines,<grin> Who said 9 years olds had no engenuity ? Shelby ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)