Christmas Next Day?!

“Census at Bethlehem” (also known as the Numbering at Bethlehem) one of the most famous works of Bruegel.

It was winter and the entire place was covered with snow. Everyone on the scene is shown doing some work or other; not a single figure is still. Did any of them realize that the future ‘Holy Family’ was among them or that their “Saviour” was going to be born just a few hours later? The scene is a prologue to the nativity of Christ. People, of course, were unaware that the following day henceforth would be Christmas.
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