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Article: LAS POSADAS MARY, JOSEPH'S CHRISTMAS EVE JOURNEY COMES TO LIFE.(News)

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December 17, 2001
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Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer

MISSION HILLS - Luminarias glowed past sunset as Maria and Jose, spurned by one innkeeper after another, found shelter within a stable to bear the baby Jesus.

``Bienvenido!'' cried a Spanish Californio outside the historic Andres Pico Adobe on Sunday, where dozens of singing candle-bearers celebrated a Las Posadas re-enactment of the Christmas Eve journey of Mary and Joseph.

All are welcome.

For the proverbial couple, the words came brighter than a neon ``vacancy'' sign after miles of dusty road. For the Las Posadas procession, the first at the Adobe since the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, they ...

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