Virgen Maria Huarcaya

- Gave birth to Jesus Emanuel on December 25, 2008, Christmas DayFOXNews.com: Virgin Mary Gives Birth to Baby Jesus on Christmas Day ... in Peru (December 26, 2008)
- Husband, father of Jesus, is a carpenterFOXNews.com: Virgin Mary Gives Birth to Baby Jesus on Christmas Day ... in Peru (December 26, 2008)
- Religious Peruvians likened to story of Jesus Christ's birthFOXNews.com: Virgin Mary Gives Birth to Baby Jesus on Christmas Day ... in Peru (December 26, 2008)
- Child was originally to be named after favorite soccer playerFOXNews.com: Virgin Mary Gives Birth to Baby Jesus on Christmas Day ... in Peru (December 26, 2008)
- Decided on Jesus because of Christmas birthFOXNews.com: Virgin Mary Gives Birth to Baby Jesus on Christmas Day ... in Peru (December 26, 2008)

A Peruvian women named Virgen Maria "Virgin Mary" Huarcaya gave birth to a 7.7 pound baby named Jesus Emanuel in Peru on December 25, 2008, Christmas Day. Her carpenter husband, Adolfo Jorge Huamani, was compared to Joseph, the father of Jesus Christ, by many religious Peruvians. Peru's most widely-read newspaper, El Comercio, ran a headline reading "Two thousand years later the story of Bethlehem is relived." The child's father told reporters that the couple had previously decided to name thieir child after a soccer star, but had changed their minds following the coincidental birth.