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The Greatest Myths About Jesus Christ’s Birth
NOW YOU KNOW
Is Christmas on the 25th because of a pagan holiday? Was he really born in a stable? And about those three kings…
Candida Moss
Published
Dec. 24 2016
12:00AM EST
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
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