title: People of the Nativity: Living the Christmas Story Then and Now
author:  Marci Alborghetti 
description: Marci Alborghetti is the author of numerous books, including Being the Body of Christ: What the People of the Passion teach us about Jesus today, also from Twenty-Third Publications. Her novel, The Christmas Glass, has been published in the U.S. and internationally. She and her husband, Charlie Duffy, are blessed to divide their time between their home in Connecticut and the San Francisco Bay area.
zlib_text: > > THE CHRISTMAS PROPOSITION
  
  > MIKA JOLIE
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Mika Jolie
  
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  permitted by copyright law. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters,
  businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the
  author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual
  persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
  
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  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _Introduction_
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 