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Displaying a Christmas nativity scene is a long-standing tradition, but it can also present a bit of a skewed view of the actual events of Jesus’ birth. While each person depicted in a traditional nativity scene is a part of the Christmas story, not all the characters were present in one place on the night Jesus was born. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were in a stable that night due to the overcrowding in Bethlehem’s inn (Luke 2:7), but the Bible never mentions whether or not animals were present—in fact, it never even mentions a stable. The shepherds, once told of Jesus’ arrival, left their flocks to worship the newborn King (Luke 2:16). However, the angels, which are often part of nativity scenes, bore the good news to the shepherds in the fields (Luke 2:8–14). As far as we know, there were no angels flying visibly over the place where Jesus was when the shepherds arrived. In addition, the wise men (the Bible never says how many there were) were also probably not present that first night. The magi visited Jesus some time later, when He was in a house (Matthew 2:1–11).

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We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

1,000 Calorie-a-bite Trifle

January 30, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Eggs, Dairy		Desserts, Usenet	1	Trifle

INGREDIENTS

3		Pears
8	oz	Raspberries
		tinned or fresh
1		Passion fruit
		Dry sherry
		1 bottle
1/2	c	Butter
10	T	Sugar, castor
1 1/4	c	Flour, self-raising
2		Eggs, slightly whisked
2		Eggs
1	pn	Salt
1	pn	Nutmeg
10	oz	Double cream
		or use whipping cream
10	oz	Double cream
		Roast almonds

INSTRUCTIONS

Peel and slice pears, drain raspberries if tinned, and scoop out
passion fruit.  Place fruit in large trifle bowl and add an ample
quantity of sherry. Leave for twenty-four hours to soak in the
refrigerator.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Cream butter and sugar
until light and  fluffy. Add eggs and about 2 T of flour and beat. Fold
in rest of  flour. Bake in 7-inch square tin for 25-30 mins until
brown. Let  cool. Slice into fingers and arrange on top of fruit. More
sherry may  be added at this point.  Pour one large glass of sherry.
Mix eggs and add all ingredients to  small bowl.  Place bowl in pan of
simmering water. Stir continuously  with wooden spoon, sipping sherry,
until custard thickens. This takes  about ten minutes. Pour custard on
top of sponge. Chill in fridge.  Whip cream until stiff and smooth over
top of custard. Arrange  almonds decoratively.  NOTES    The title says
it all -- This recipe is my own invention.  : Difficulty:  moderate  :
Time:  1 hour preparation, 1 day waiting, 10 minutes cooking.  :
Precision:  no need to measure.  : Angi Lamb  : Department of Computer
Science, University of York, UK  : ukc!minster!angi  : Copyright (C)
1986 USENET Community Trust  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1635 Calories From Fat: 918 Total Fat: 104.3g Cholesterol: 616mg Sodium: 459.4mg Potassium: 1531mg Carbohydrates: 160g Fiber: 40.7g Sugar: 92.1g Protein: 19.4g