(AP) The nativity gets updated for the modern age

There’s a beautifully groomed Mary in a blue party dress, a fashionable Joseph gazing adoringly at the baby, and wise men carrying a Faberge egg, a crystal bottle of perfume and a decorated skull.

With only twelve days to go until Christmas, a church group unveiled a poster Thursday to remind people of the religious aspect of the holiday ”” while making a statement about modern-day extravagance.

The poster, deliberately designed to look like a fashion photograph, has the words: “However you dress it up, Christmas starts with Christ.”

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