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Biblical Archaeology Review<\/em> has a free book in pdf format entitled The First Christmas<\/em><\/a>, with perspectives from Biblical scholars about subjects such as the star and the birthplace of Jesus.<\/p>\n

There are some interesting Christmas perspectives around the blogosphere. Robin Parry recommends taking Christ out of <\/em>Christmas<\/a>. Richard Hall offers a defense of materialist Christmas<\/a>, suggesting that it is the rest of the year<\/em> that is the problem. Bruce Prescott<\/a> shared a link to a Street Prophets piece<\/a> on how <\/em>to put Christ back into Christmas. Experimental Theology talks about the \u201creal\u201d war on Christmas<\/a> and whether Santa is real<\/a>, while Brian LePort is thinking about the real Santa Claus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And for musical accompaniment, David Ker offers a phonetically similar variation on a Christmas favorite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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