Maeve Higgins: Children the victims in birthplace of Jesus Christ

A man dressed in a Santa outfit walks alongside Israel’s separation wall in Bethlehem on December 22, 2022. Picture: Hazam Bader/AFP

Like the best old Hollywood actresses, trying to find out what year Jesus Christ was born is next to impossible.

But scholars and historians have largely agreed upon the place he was born in — Bethlehem, in Palestine.