One Christmas long ago, two desperados were caught in the act of larceny. The culprits: two elderly ladies. Their prize: a Christmas tree.
It was 11 PM on Christmas eve when the two were collared, at a tree lot, surreptitiously stuffing a prime pine into the trunk of their station wagon. The two, short on funds, but brimming with Christmas spirit, were going to deliver it to a nursing home. Explaining the theft, they said they figured, due to the late hour, the remaining trees were going to waste anyway.
Chester Keene was one of the cops who caught them. He, too, was overwhelmed with their misdirected good intentions. After talking to the lot's owner, he struck a deal on a reduced price, the other working cops chipped in, and the ladies were given the tree as a present and sent on their way.
Chester said, looking back, it was one of his best Christmases ever.
Who said Santa's elves all wear red and green?
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