- Canon Damian Fox: It's about your Christmas Day Mass.
- Father Brown: The nativity procession is the highlight of our calendar.
- Canon Damian Fox: It also has a reputation for being somewhat eclectic in its interpretation of the Gospel. Last year for insance. Our Lady's arrival at the stable was on the back of a goat.
- Mrs McCarthy: Well, we had trouble finding a donkey.
- Canon Damian Fox: Where the Christ Child was worshipped by, amongst others, five Kings, two cocker spaniels, and the Lone Ranger.
- Mrs McCarthy: Derek Miller.
- Father Brown: He made a spirited argument that if the sheep had shepherds, the oxen should have cowboys. It seemed churlish to deny him.