{"date":"December 25","id":"12-25","intro":["Luke was a Greek physician, a man of culture, trained in the best universities of the ancient world. He became imbued with the spirit of Christ, and wrote the most beautiful story of the birth and life of Jesus."],"minutes":7,"readings":[{"author":"","end":360,"start":357,"volume":44,"work":"the Gospel of St. Luke"}],"slug":"december-25","status":"proofread","title":"The Christmas Story","url":"/harvard-classics/december-25/","words":1326}