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Nativity story told through Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare

By W.J. Hennigan
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The Nativity story has been told many times, many ways.

But never like this.

A popular new YouTube video tells the Christmas story as if it happened today -- completely through social media.

From the Annunciation to the journey of the Magi, the 3-minute video rolls through a condensed version of events as written in the Bible.

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Mary and Joseph use Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare to keep their friends updated. The couple find their way from Nazareth to Bethlehem using Google Maps. And the three wise men pick up gold, frankincense and myrrh on Amazon.

Who knew?

The video was posted by Excentric, a Portuguese digital marketing company. In the post, Excentric says, “Times change, the feeling remains the same.”

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-- W.J. Hennigan

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W.J. Hennigan

W.J. Hennigan covered the Pentagon and national security issues from Washington, D.C., before leaving the Los Angeles Times bureau in November 2017. While there, he reported on war, counter-terrorism, and the lives of American service members from more than two dozen countries and previously covered the aerospace and defense industry from Los Angeles. Hennigan earned awards from the National Press Club, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and was a contributor to the Los Angeles Times coverage of the terror attacks in San Bernardino that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016.

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