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A group of carolers holding candles

This Christmas celebration involves music, tamales and piñatas

The often-overlook Mexican ritual of Las Posadas is an important part of the Christmas season, dating back 500 years. People go door to door, singing carols and celebrating with friends and family.

This Christmas celebration involves music, tamales and piñatas
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A Catalonian Christmas tradition

A Catalonian Christmas tradition
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From Donkey to 'Tuk-Tuk': Transportation in Bethlehem

From Donkey to 'Tuk-Tuk': Transportation in Bethlehem
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Retracing a Christmas donkey ride

Retracing a Christmas donkey ride
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The ''other'' Bethlehem

The ''other'' Bethlehem
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BBC correspondent traces the Christmas journey of Mary and Joseph, donkey in tow

BBC correspondent Aleem Maqbool is tracing the Biblical footsteps of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The modern-day route is rife with checkpoints, militants and a few irate locals. And what's more, Maqbool's doing it all with a donkey in tow.

BBC correspondent traces the Christmas journey of Mary and Joseph, donkey in tow
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Taking a biblical donkey ride

The BBC's Aleem Maqbool is re-tracing the route taken by Mary and Joseph in the biblical Christmas story on their journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. And as the story goes, Mary and Joseph traveled by donkey.

Taking a biblical donkey ride