"Well, there's the religious side to it which...is a bit redundant here given I don't think there's Poke-Jesus, and then the holiday side." Ash smiled and easily lapsed into storyteller, sitting back as he began to explain.
"The religious side goes that the son of God, Jesus Christ, was born to a virgin named Mary. There's stuff about a King who hears of it and orders that the first born sons be killed, some wise men who hear and follow a star to the newborn baby, some shepherds who are the first to hear the news cos the archangel Gabriel tells them, and he's born in a stable because Mary had to go to this city while pregnant and there's no inns open when she gets there." There's a lot more to be added there but again, no PokeJesus so it was best not to get too caught up in it.
"So Christmas is about that if you're a Christian. I ain't but my dad's Catholic, which is a kind of Christian. But it's basically come to be a family thing. Cos everyone gets the day off for Christmas, people can get together. Me and my dad had a lot of little traditions for the day..."
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"The religious side goes that the son of God, Jesus Christ, was born to a virgin named Mary. There's stuff about a King who hears of it and orders that the first born sons be killed, some wise men who hear and follow a star to the newborn baby, some shepherds who are the first to hear the news cos the archangel Gabriel tells them, and he's born in a stable because Mary had to go to this city while pregnant and there's no inns open when she gets there." There's a lot more to be added there but again, no PokeJesus so it was best not to get too caught up in it.
"So Christmas is about that if you're a Christian. I ain't but my dad's Catholic, which is a kind of Christian. But it's basically come to be a family thing. Cos everyone gets the day off for Christmas, people can get together. Me and my dad had a lot of little traditions for the day..."