In this satirical Christmas nativity scene parody, American actor Brett Gelman plays a Berkeley professor who, along with two devoted students, follows "the Star of Bethlehem and GPS" to visit the newborn Jesus. The "three wise persons from the wast" (west) proceed to rewrite history on the spot, informing a confused Mary and Joseph that they are not Jews but Palestinians, that they practice Islam (a religion that wouldn't exist for another 600 years), and that their baby will be killed by Jews (who according to the professor won't even exist for another 1,948 years). The sketch brilliantly skewers progressive campus culture's revisionist approach to Middle Eastern history, anti-Israel talking points, and the absurd claim that Jesus was Palestinian. The humor comes from the increasingly ridiculous historical contradictions and the earnest wokeness of the Berkeley trio confronting the actual historical Jewish family.
