Kentucky Manger Scene Gets an Unexpectedly Hilarious Visitor on Christmas Day

In the beloved story of the birth of Jesus Christ, the three wise men visit the manger bearing a collection of gifts- gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Now, gold is self-explanatory.  But what in the heck is frankincense?  Frankincense is basically incense. At the time, it was a pretty standard gift that one would give a king. And myrrh? It's oil. If there had been an Amazon wish list for royalty, myrrh would have been on it too- right there with the frankincense.

Well, on Christmas Day, a manger scene here in Kentucky seems to have replaced its myrrh with purr!

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Robin Hoffman, who lives in Owensboro, spent part of her Christmas Day visiting a friend on the west side of town. She was getting out of her car to go inside and noticed something unusual at her friend's neighbor's house. Mary and Joseph had a rather unexpected visitor crash the birthday party in the manger scene. Situated at the head of the Baby Jesus was a neighborhood cat, who had a rather strange look on its face. It almost seemed to ask, "What Child Is This?" Take a look!

Robin doesn't know much about the cat's story, but it certainly seemed to make itself right at home in the display. Christmas Day 2023 in western Kentucky was a wet one. It was cloudy and it rained a lot. It looks like the cat found some shelter in a miniature Bethlehem- right there in the manger with the man of the hour.

Dare I say, the photo is purrfect?!