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Breaking With Christmas Tradition

“WHAT YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS?” I shouted in disbelief. “What? do you mean there wasn’t a donkey?” Clearly this nun had gone mad. She smiled angelically at me and persevered.

“Most scholars agree that given Mary and Joseph’s social and economic position, it’s unlikely that they would ever have travelled on a donkey. And of course there’s no scriptural evidence to support the idea that there was a donkey.”

Evidence? She wants evidence?

“But what about

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