The Fake Nativity
Christmas day is December the 25th because that is the day that Jesus was born. On that day, a
heavily pregnant Mary, with her fiancé Joseph, travelled on a donkey, through the ice and snow,
from Nazareth to Bethlehem but couldn’t find any room at the local inn so had to make use of a
stable, which the kind innkeeper let them use after feeling sorry for them.
Then of course, Mary bore a boy child, who didn’t cry, with all the animals looking on. She put
him straight into the feeding trough full of half eaten hay. Then some shepherds turned up,
carrying baby lambs followed soon after by three kings. Mary didn’t understand any of it, but
remembered it all in her heart.
It’s a great tale isn’t it? What a pity most of it is fake, or at least, not correct. You see the real
story of Christmas is