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.
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.
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.