PUBLISHER: ONCE UPON A TIME, LONG, LONG AGO, BEARS DID NOT HIDE AWAY AND SLEEP THROUGH THE WINTER. SO BEGINS THIS ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS MYTH ABOUT A YOUNG BEAR, DRIVEN BY HUNGER, WHOSE ATTACK IN A STRAY LAMB IS DIVERTED BY A HEAVENLY VISION. ENCHANTED, THE BEAR FOLLOWS THE SHEPHERDS ACROSS THE SNOWY WINTER FIELDS TO A STABLE. THERE A WOMAN WITH A BABY IN HER ARMS BECKONS THE BEAR AND GIVES HIM A WONDROUS GIFT THAT MIRACULOUSLY SATISFIES HIS HUNGER, SENDING HIM HAPPILY BACK TO HIS CAVE TO SLEEP UNTIL SPRING. AND EVER SINCE THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS NIGHT, BEARS HAVE SLEPT ALL WINTER LONG.

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