MAY THE SOUR CREAM BE WITH YOU...

In a press conference on Tuesday, God announced that a new religious group has been formally recognized by the Holy Trinity. "Spudaciens" are followers of Emma Haskins, a Brooklyn housewife who discovered an image of the Nativity scene in the unbroken skin of a baked potato she prepared for her family on Easter Sunday. The scene included Joseph, Mary, the Three Wise Men, and, in the manger, baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez wrapped in swaddling clothes. "I am pleased to welcome this new congregation of the faithful to the diverse community of worshippers around the world," God proclaimed. Celestial experts have placed Spudaciens at the # 46 spot on the Universal Weirdness Scale for Organized Religions, right below Christian Scientists.