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BBC correspondent Aleem Maqbool keeps an online diary in text and video as he walks from Nazareth to Bethlehem, retracing a journey made by Joseph and Mary in the Christmas story told by Luke the Evangelist. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

There is a donkey involved, though the correspondent is having trouble because the donkey does not like traffic!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"