Mary’s Comfy-Cart: A Christmas Story

By Daniel Pelletier

Joseph was a carpenter. In this story, as Joseph has to take Mary with him to Bethlehem, he asks himself “What kind of carpenter would let his wife, about to have a baby, balance on a donkey for four days’ journey?”
The traditional Christmas image has Mary riding a donkey the 70-plus miles to Bethlehem. The Gospel accounts don’t tell us.
The journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem would take three days, maybe part of a fourth, and when they arrive they find “no room in the inn.” Settling in a stable, Mary gives birth to Jesus, probably very soon. This would indicate she was a few days from delivery when they left Nazareth—all the more reason not to have her perched on a donkey.
This story has Joseph the carpenter doing the right thing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664199132

Daniel Pelletier

Daniel Pelletier has retired after 33 years teaching college English. He has published three inspirational books on Christian and biblical topics, and now turns to publishing his picture-books for children.

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