The epigraph reads: "The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes. But the little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes." The only other mention of the epigraph comes on page 197, as Vonnegut uses his own voice to reason why this was included. He says that Billy cried very little even though he saw many things worth crying about, and in that respect he resembled the Christ of Carol. I think it is interesting that Billy often cried due to not seeing the point in living, but he would not cry after horrific experiences like the bombing of Dresden. It seems that those times where he earned the right to weep, he would not.
Do you see a connection between Billy Pilgrim and the Christ of Carol?
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