Just in case you’re wondering where to get your Bible-quoting Jesus doll this year, the Marine Reserves’ Toys for Tots program will be distributing the dolls to lucky kids near you. Toys for Tots apparently wavered a bit on whether or not to accept the dolls:

Earlier this week, the program declined a suburban Los Angeles company’s offer to donate 4,000 of the foot-tall talking dolls. The battery-powered Jesus is one of several Bible-based dolls manufactured by one2believe… In explaining the initial decision, Bill Grein, vice president of Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, in Quantico, Virginia, had said the program didn’t want to take the risk of offending a Jewish or Muslim family if they received a Jesus doll.

The exercise:
Write about the strangest gift you ever received.