We all know how the birth of Jesus looked. First, there was the stall, made of rough wood, with straw strewn on the floor. We probably imagine it as part of a larger wooden barn filled with the friendly beasts, the cattle looking over the edge of their stall into the one where the Holy Family was gathered. Then there was the manger—a feedbox or a freestanding trough also filled with hay, the infant Jesus nestled into it, wrapped in
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