The gift of a wooden chalice is so telling. It seems like a symbol of modesty, being a simple material available to a carpenter. But it precludes the presence of Christ within it as it is not a noble material. Try to find a wooden passover wine cup; they do not exist.
Pray he doesn't use it.
It’s telling, all right. It tells of a direct challenge to authority, defiant disobedience masquerading as humility. Uriah Heep in clericals — both of them.