Christmas Eve in Space and Communion on the Moon In July 1969, sitting in the Lunar Module, Buzz Aldrin ate bread, drank wine and read from the Gospel of John. By Eric Metaxas Updated Dec. 23, 2016 5:09 p.m. ET It happened on Christmas Eve, 48 years ago. Three men took turns reading from the first 10 verses of the Book of Genesis. They were nearly 250,000 miles away from Bethlehem, but since it was the night before Christmas, and there was no chimney from which to hang their stockings, the three astronauts inside the Apollo 8 capsule orbiting the moon thought it would be appropriate. So as Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and Bill Anders looked at the faraway Earth through the small window of the spacecraft, they read the verses: “In the... Click here for the rest of the article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/christmas-eve-in-space-and-communion-on-the-moon-1482526483