The Project Gutenberg EBook of Two Christmas Celebrations, by Theodore ParkerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Two Christmas CelebrationsAuthor: Theodore ParkerRelease Date: November 5, 2005 [EBook #17006]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS ***Produced by Jared FullerTHE TWO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS,A.D. I. and MDCCCLV.A Christmas Story for MDCCCLVI.By Theodore Parker,Minister of the 28th Congregational Society of Boston.Two Christmas Celebrations.A great many years ago, Augustus Caesar, then Emperor of Rome, ordered his mighty realm to be taxed; and so, inJudea, it is said, men went to the towns where their families belonged, to be registered for assessment. From Nazareth,a little town in the north of Judea, to Bethlehem, another little but more famous town in the south, there went one Joseph,the carpenter, and his wife Mary,—obscure and poor people, both of them, as the story goes. At Bethlehem they lodgedin a stable; for there were many persons in the town, and the tavern was full. Then and there a little boy was born, the sonof this Joseph and Mary; they named him JEHOSHUA, a common Hebrew name, which we commonly call Joshua; but, inhis case, we pronounce it JESUS. They laid him in ...
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