"At the focal point of all human history, a point illuminated by a new
star in the heavens revealed for just such a purpose, probably no other
mortal watched--none but a poor young carpenter, a beautiful
virgin mother, and silent stabled animals who had not the power to utter
the sacredness they had seen. Shepherds would soon arrive and later, wise
men from the East. Later yet the memory of that night would bring Santa
Claus and Frosty and Rudolph--and all would be welcome. But first
and forever there was just a little family, without toys or trees or
tinsel. With a baby--that's how Christmas began.
"It is for this baby that we shout in chorus: 'Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King! . . . Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man
no more may die; Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second
birth' "
-Jeffrey R
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