There was room at the inn for the merchants that day, but Joseph and Mary had no place to stay.

With thanks to Charles Lieurance.

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A great country song by my friend J. B. White reinvented by Nataly Dawn . . .

How’d you like to stay up late like the islanders do — want for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe?

Have a red beans and ricely Christmas.

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O the rising of the sun and the running of the deer!

What can I give him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb.
If I were a wise man, I would do my part.
Yet what I can I give him — give my heart.