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In the year 6 AD, Caesar Augustus decreed that the governors of Syria and Judaea should conduct a tax census, the Census of Quirinius, requiring all citizens to travel to their ancestral homes. A carpenter named Joseph, a descendant of King David, journeyed to Bethlehem with his pregnant wife, Mary. When they reached the town, they found that all the rooms at the inn had been taken, and Mary was forced to give birth in a stable. The child was named Jesus, and these events, when recounted in the Gospel of Saint Luke, formed the basis of the Christian celebration of Christmas. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"]) The Tenth Doctor claimed to Astrid Peth that he had taken the last room. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
