A Northern Nativity: Christmas Dreams of a Prairie Boy

As drowsiness came over William, the Nativity story got mixed up with his history and geography lessons, and he had his first Christmas dream. It was about the Far North, perhaps because his nose protruded from the bedcovers and breathed the cold crisp air in the bedroom.

Throughout that December when he was twelve years old he had these Christmas dreams. A few were long; others were more like pictures that flashed on very briefly. But they all started and ended with the questions:

If it happened there, why not here?

If it happened then, why not now?