Who Ate Baby Jesus?

By Debra Murphy

Every December, the Murphy household nativity scene descends into chaos. Someone's always to blame - usually a dog. Sometimes it's the camel. It's never Baby Jesus's fault, though he has lost his legs on more than one occasion.

Who Ate Baby Jesus? is a true story told by two dogs and a human: Debra Murphy and her Border Collies Beatrix and Florence. Spanning 2014 to 2025, it charts a decade of family Christmases thrown into disarray by canine mischief, emergency sewing repairs, and the kind of chaos that only makes a family closer.

Beatrix, Debra's beloved first collie, narrates the early years with all the confidence of a dog who has never once caused a problem on purpose. The wise men have opinions. The sheep are not safe. And when Beatrix is gone, Florence picks up the story - younger, bolder, and just as sure she's blameless.

Funny, warm, and unexpectedly moving, this is a book about the stories we tell ourselves to get through the hard years, and the animals who help us tell them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917875169
• ISBN13: 9781917875165
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Lawers Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"