Dear Editor,
In reference to Jacqueline McLean鈥檚 [Christmas isn鈥檛 finished, Dec. 26, 91原创 Advance], I would just like to make a little historical correction.
Jesus was not 鈥渂aptized鈥� eight days after his birth, he was circumcised according to the Law of Moses.
He was 鈥渂aptized鈥� at about age 30, by John the Baptist, in the Jordan River.
I am a Christian and I like Christmas, especially for children, but realize that it was not the time of Jesus鈥� birth because shepherds were outside with their flocks. The birth would have been in the spring.
Also, Caesar Augustus would not have ordered a general tax in the middle of winter when the people would have had difficulty travelling to the towns of their birth.
I applaud Ms. McLean for taking God鈥檚 gift to the world seriously, as I do.
Jacqueline Blackwell, 91原创
