Can there be a more perfect story than the story of the first Christmas?
God entered the world as a tiny babe.
That’s impossible for us to get our minds around yet I can’t imagine any better news in all the world.
The Creator of the universe loved us enough to come into our world,
and he did it not in power, but in the most helpless way possible, that of an infant.
There’s something about a baby or even a young child that brings hope and the spark of life afresh to us.
There’s something about a baby or a young child.
That’s one reason Christmas is so wonderful.
The joy of anticipation and excitement that we see in our children’s eyes.
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“God has made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
We celebrate the fact that God became a tiny babe, but we also celebrate that this tiny babe became our Savior.
One of the themes of Christmas in our culture is that it’s the season of misfits;
misfits like “The Littlest Angel” who couldn’t get his halo on properly
or “The Charlie Brown Christmas Special” about that loveable loser, Charlie Brown
And how about Rudolph, the reindeer with the bright shiny nose?
“Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is said to be the only 20th century addition to the Santa Claus story.
He was first introduced as an advertising gimmick.
However, he has become more famous and loved among children than
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vitzen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.
You know his story:
There once was a reindeer who was teased by other reindeer because of his big bright, red nose,
but he saved Christmas one foggy night when his nose became a beacon that guided Santa’s sled.
Over 70 years ago Montgomery Ward; do you remember them?
gave copies of a poem, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, to customers for their