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Someone has an idea, and we’ll start to see it unfold this Christmas season: <\/a><\/p>\n

\nThroughout Advent, Twitter users will be able to follow “Natwivity” and witness different figures from the world’s most famous story bash out 140-character updates each day.<\/p>\n

The characters will include Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, the three wise and King Herod.<\/p>\n

\"twitter.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>The goal of the project, organized by design company Share Creative and the U.K.-based Evangelical Alliance, is to bring the 2,000-year-old story to social media platforms.<\/p>\n

Organizers hope Twitter users will get a fresh insight into the thoughts and feelings of Bible characters – from Mary’s experience of riding a donkey through the night to the awe of the shepherds when they met their angelic host.<\/p>\n

Huw Tyler, of Share Creative, says: “We want to tell the Christmas story, an amazingly exciting story in a way that is not only accessible, but is fun and relevant to today’s internet generation.” <\/p>\n

Daily accounts from the Natwivity characters can be read by logging onto www.twitter.com\/natwivity or by visiting the project’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/natwivity.<\/p>\n

The play will be suitable for people of all ages and begins on Dec. 1. It will run up until Christmas Day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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