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Baby Jesus

baby: Last Sunday morning, Angela Gentili called Susan Watson, director of The Christmas Story, being staged at the church next to the Eaton Centre, to share some bad news, according to Toronto Star. Gentili's son Samuel was sick and couldn't perform as baby Jesus in the production later that day. This year, after a baby came down with a case of the sniffles, a happy twist of fate brought to the church's door a baby Jesus descended from Nazareth. At first, Watson thought she would have to use a doll as Samuel's replacement. Not only that, but her parents were from Nazareth, the city in Israel where Jesus is said to have lived. Article Continued Below But 40 minutes before show time, an usher told Watson that he'd found a baby girl to play Jesus. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.