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CHRISTMAS 2010<br />
1 NOVEMBER 2010<br />
55c ......... Madonna and child<br />
$1.30...... Angel and shepherds<br />
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10 | stamp bulletin australia | no. 307 | November– December 2010<br />
Christmas celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Jesus in the<br />
town of Bethlehem over two millennia ago. Today this Christian feast<br />
day is marked by church-going, festivities, present-giving, special<br />
meals and the wish for peace on Earth.<br />
Bruce Goold’s illustrations tell the familiar Christmas story. When<br />
Jesus was born, an angel told the good news to shepherds tending<br />
their fl ocks. On hearing the news the shepherds went to Bethlehem<br />
to see the newborn babe. Three wise men, bearing gifts, also came<br />
from the East to visit the baby Jesus.<br />
Goold’s artwork captures the essence of the Christmas story.<br />
He depicts the baby Jesus wrapped in swaddling cloth laying in<br />
a manger, normally used for feeding animals, surrounded by his<br />
parents, Mary and Joseph. The artwork also shows the angel<br />
announcing to the shepherds the good news that Christ the Lord<br />
has been born in Bethlehem.<br />
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