When I taught Sunday school to a precocious bunch of fifth- and sixth-graders, I used to ask, ¡°What about Christmas is not in the Bible?¡± They were quick to go for the obvious: Santa, the reindeer, stockings, the sleigh.
¡°OK,¡± I would say, ¡°but what about the three kings, the innkeeper, the stable and the animals? Where do they come from? Let¡¯s look at the text.¡±
That is not something most of my students would readily do unless there was the possibility of one-upping their parents.
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