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| | The Christmas Tree, the Manger, and More |
 | | Holly, with its green leaves, its prickly points and red berries, suggested that the Child born in the manger would wear a crown of thorns and shed drops of blood. |
 | | Joseph went up to Judaea from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to register in the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house of David by descent; and with him went Mary, his betrothed, who was expecting her child. |
 | | She wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. |
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