Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. Use each vocabulary item in their grammatically correct form.
manger *
census *
Annunciation *
empire *
Saviour *
stable *
expect a baby *
give birth *
be engaged to
| The Christmas story begins with the (1) God sent an angel to Mary. The angel said that she was going to (2) to a baby, God's son, and name him Jesus. Mary (3) marry Joseph, the carpenter. Joseph was worried when he found out that Mary was (4) . But an angel appeared to him and told him not to be afraid to have Mary as his wife.
At that time Ceaser Augustus wanted to have a list of all the people in the (5) , to make sure they paid their taxes. All people had to return to the town where their families originally came from, and enter their names in the (6) there. So Joseph and Mary went to Betlehem, where they had problems finding somewhere to stay. So they stayed in a (7) and that is where Jesus, the (8) was born. He was put in a (9) which served as his first bed.
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