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The Christian Christmas

Creating Christmas by Civil Matador

Dec 24, 202100:41:37History

The religious celebration on December 25 has been a challenge and a challenger ever since it was first created. Yes, created… We explore the actual biblical text to determine what we do know about Jesus’ birth and then f...

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