Every year we leave out a sacrifice for the god of charity and the eight beasts who drag him across the sky.
And by that I mean cookies and milk and carrots for Santa and his reindeer.
It’s all in the phrasing.
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IronBird@lemmy.world 22 hours agolol, i love how stupid this shit sounds when you actually spell it out plainly
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
After following a star nobody else could see from (probably) Persia.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It’s supposed to be strange. The magi are mystic wizened men (magi are zoroastrian priests) come to give a poor child gifts fit for a prince, specifically ones related to death. Because they saw his birth in the stars. It’s a weird story, but it’s supposed to be weird. It’s about reinforcing that Jesus was destined from birth to die a king. Also it should be noted that king of kings is a title used by both Jesus and Iranian emperors.