She prayed at the temple to be given a son, and, if given a son, she would give him over to the house of the priests when he was old enough to leave her. (Childless, married Hebrew wive was viewed as a very cursed thing indeed.)
SCROOGE (Version 2.0): “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
… on the dashboard of my car!” (We ain’t talkin’ St. Christopher.)