Dissecting a Christmas classic: A look at the iconic nativity scene

Christmas begins with the birth of Jesus, but Dec. 25 wasn’t officially designated as the Nativity until the 4th century – the early Christians deliberately appropriated a holiday devoted to the sun-god, Mithras, part of the Roman winter-solstice celebrations. Actual details about the birth of Christ were scant, since he was born in obscurity, and much of the narrative depends...

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