This year, I'm joining Matthew Paul Turner and some other friends in a series called the Twelve Blogs of Christmas. * * * Every winter, our living room hummed with anticipation as cardboard boxes were handed down from the attic. My favorite box was labeled “MANGER SCENE” in big, black letters. Inside, a dozen or more balls of crumpled newspaper were packed carefully to protect their treasures. Each pod held a manger figure—one person or animal—that had been waiting eleven months ...

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