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elizabethhoward
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|  | The Legend of the Christmas Turtle: Legend or Fact
« Thread Started on Feb 12, 2008, 2:40pm » | |
Can one really call a truth a legend? Hardly. Then why do we call The Christmas Turtle a legend?
The North Star was bright that night. Far more bright than any other star in the sky. Mary was atop the donkey, heavy with child. Her husband, Joseph, lead her to the inn. We know this story well. It has been told and retold many times. But some versions have omitted an essential player in the fateful night, The Christmas Turtle.
"No room in the inn," those words rang out. So Joseph took Mary to a barn. There she would have to birth her miracle child. As she lay there in labor, many animals came to surround her. Feeling secure in this as nature and man co-exist in perfect harmony to await the same event, Mary glanced around at them, feeling comforted in their presence. As if they were watching out for her and her child. She knew they were there for her, not with her. As the pains got worse, a terrible event happened. Mary could not handle the pains of childbirth, and like many women, took this out on her husband, which lead to Joseph being put into a coma. All alone to birth her child, Mary then panicked. Then the animals parted. And slowly (very slowly) walked a turtle in the middle of the parted animals. When he reached Mary 20 feet (and two hours) later, she was about to have her child. The turtle then stood up like a man and reached in there. "He's breeched. This will be a difficult one," said the turtle. He slowly turned the baby around in the womb. All the while Mary screaming in pain. After some more difficult moments, the child was born. Just in time for Joseph to regain consciousness.
So The Christmas Turtle saved the day. If it were not for The Christmas Turtle, the story we all know would have been quite a different one. After that night, The Christmas Turtle went around from village to village and never spoke again. He was a wandering living ghost. Some say the witness of childbirth scarred him. He can still be seen from time to time, wandering. With no home, The Christmas Turtle forever roams the world… Slowly.
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| | Re: The Legend of the Christmas Turtle: Legend or
« Reply #1 on Feb 12, 2008, 2:43pm » | |
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| | Re: The Legend of the Christmas Turtle: Legend or
« Reply #2 on Feb 12, 2008, 2:48pm » | |
For further proof of The Christmas Turtle, we see this wonderfully preserved stone painting. Found near Bethlehem by an archaeological team. Carbon dating puts the paints at the same time as Jesus was born. Not one expert has come out to disprove the authenticity of the painting on stone.
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