The moment is approaching. Anticipation's been building for weeks. The planning, the shopping, the cooking -- people are eager to celebrate the most important thing in life.

Not Christmas, silly -- the Steelers' rush to the Super Bowl. With our glorious winning streak and a strapping young quarterback who may yet walk on water, not even Christmas can penetrate Pittsburgh's football buzz.

But maybe we'd spare a moment to ponder the birth of that other miraculous rookie if Myron Cope, Bill Hillgrove and Tunch Ilkin were providing play-by-play on the old, familiar story...

Bill: Who'd've imagined that this team from Nazareth -- hardly a powerhouse -- would have gotten so far? You know you're looking at winners when they can persevere against incredible odds --

Tunch: A less-than-stellar beginning to their season, some powerful opponents, and now this trip to Bethlehem where they've lost the home field advantage. They're real underdogs.

Myron: Joseph's really hung in there, hmm-hah, and what defense! He's doing a great job tonight shielding Mary from those burly census takers. Yoi!

Bill: You've been down on the field, Tunch. What kinda conditions are we looking at?

Tunch: Well, this isn't much of a venue, frankly. There's hay all over the place, guys. I don't see how Mary's gonna get any footing at all.

Myron: Well, okle-dokle. Here we go!

Bill: This is the moment. Back is Mary...back...back... And she delivers! Now here comes Joseph, and he's got the hand-off!

Tunch: Talk about your Immaculate Reception!

Bill: What a great effort from Mary.

Myron: She ain't gonna be gettin' up and doin' the hokey-pokey anytime soon. Someone give that poor woman a Terrible Towel -- double yoi!

Bill: Listen to the crowd -- they're going wild! The cheering, the singing -- are those angels?

Tunch: I think they're sheep.

Bill: Nope, those are angels, Tunch.

Myron: The light's just flooding the place! My eyes are poppin' outta my cranium!

Bill: Look! There's a banana bunch to the east. There's three of them, they're closing in ... Who are those guys?

Tunch: I don't know, but they're carrying something. Hold on here -- we've got gold, some frankincense, and I think that's myrrh.

Myron: Those aren't slim pickins!

Tunch: Somebody better keep an eye on the shepherds or there could be a case of habeus grabbus.

Myron: Look at that baby!

Bill: This kid's got everything -- the blood lines, the parentage, the power -- maybe someday the glory! Have you ever seen anyone like him?

Tunch: Dan Marino.

Myron: I dunno, Tunch. I predict great things from this kid. Over the long haul, he's gonna be a real threat.

Tunch: I hear there's a gag order on the Magi.

Bill: This one's in the hopper! It's a big win for the good guys.

Myron: I'm too old for this excitement.