It looked like the kind of figure you might find in a nativity scene, and I guessed he was most likely a saint ... Turns out, ...

In gratitude, people promised to make annual offerings of their most precious possession ... This explains why statues of St. Joseph typically show him holding the Christ Child and a stalk ...

But there were no offers. That's until she took her mom's advice and buried a statue of St. Joseph upside down in her front yard. The next week, she had three offers and her home was sold.