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Christmas Eve this year is also the fourth and final Sunday of Advent. The day’s Gospel reading, from St Luke, describes the Annunciation. The Angel Gabriel appears to Mary to tell her that she will bear a son, Jesus: “Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.”
The New Testament accounts of Nazareth are roundly supported by archaeological evidence
Phallic objects like this were common in the Roman world to ward off evil.
Researchers think the morbid practice originated with pagan people who settled in the region after the Romans drove out the Jews.