What’s In A Name?

As three shepherds tended their sheep one night they spotted an extremely bright star shining in the east.  They decided to follow it and after many miles of trudging up hill and down dale it eventually led them to a stable.

They looked in the doorway and to their surprise there was a woman lying in the hay cuddling a new born baby.  They decided that this was worthy of further investigation so started to enter the stable.

The leading shepherd failed to see a rake lying upside down in the hay and when he stood on it it flew up and hit him in the face.  “Jesus Christ” he yelled in shock and Mary looked up at him and said “That’s a neat name – we were going to call him Fred!”