Stealing the baby Jesus has become enough of a problem that one company has decided to fill the need; BrickHouse Security is providing free GPS units so that churches can track stolen nativity scene figures.

According to the report in the Daily Mail, if baby Jesus is snatched by a sticky-fingered heathen, the matchbox-sized device will alert the owner to the theft.

"We monitor it from our cloud-based mapping system, and set up alerts so that they'll get a text message or an e-mail if Baby Jesus is in motion," said Todd Morris, CEO of Brickhouse Securities.

Brickhouse Security can then pinpoint Jesus' location whereupon law enforcement can undertake a rescue operation.

This is the eighth year the company has offered the free program, called 'Save Jesus.'