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The Real Mary Commentator Christine Holmgren always wanted to play Mary in the Christmas pageant -- and just when she thought it was her turn, the ministers' wife picked the same girl who was Mary last year and the year before---a meek and mild girl. As Holmgren later learned, Mary was anything but meek...a strong woman who stayed with her son from the beginning to the end of this life---not a timid woman.

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The Real Mary

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The Real Mary

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Commentator Christine Holmgren always wanted to play Mary in the Christmas pageant — and just when she thought it was her turn, the ministers' wife picked the same girl who was Mary last year and the year before—-a meek and mild girl. As Holmgren later learned, Mary was anything but meek...a strong woman who stayed with her son from the beginning to the end of this life—-not a timid woman.