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A group of carolers holding candles

This Christmas celebration involves music, tamales and piñatas

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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.

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From Donkey to ‘Tuk-Tuk’: Transportation in Bethlehem

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BBC correspondent traces the Christmas journey of Mary and Joseph, donkey in tow

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A Catalonian Christmas tradition

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The ”other” Bethlehem

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Retracing a Christmas donkey ride

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Last week, we heard from the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool, who’s been re-tracing the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem said to have been made by Mary and Joseph. Like the Biblical couple, Maqbool’s traveled by donkey. Anchor Katy Clark gets an update from him.

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Taking a biblical donkey ride

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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.

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