At Christmas time all the churches near my house would build a manger scene and populate it with sheep, goats, etc. So when I heard "Joy To The World" I thought the line was "And havin' a nature scene..." instead of "And Heaven and Nature sing..."
A childhood belief about hymns

others believed things like this
- When I was very young, I thought that God was married to Mother Nature, and that together they made weather.Anon
- I used to believe that I could talk to nature. I still do. And I'm 12. — Judy
- I used to believe that God and Mother Nature were married.Anon
- I used to believe that Marshmallows grew in nature. — Helen
- i used to think that mother nature was a real person— stephen s
- I used to believe that Mother Nature was The wife of God. She was the mommy and he was the daddy. — Dawn