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What is Christmas?

Christmas is a season of sharing moments and memoriesthat will be cherished for years to come.Christmas is a time to see the world with eyes of love. It’s atime to remember that the world is made up of people like us,and to see them for who they are inside. All have problems likewe do, and hearts as fragile as ours—no ma

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er who they areor where they come from.Christmas is a time for merriment of heart. It’s a time tore

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ect with thanksgiving on all the good the past year has brought. It’s a time to be grateful for the love Heaven has sentinto our lives.Christmas is

a time to give to those in need, asking nothingin return.Christmas is the season of love because God is the God oflove.Christmas is a new beginning, a time to leave past hurts behind and start afresh.

Christmas is the birthday of Jesus. He can be bornanew in our hearts each Christmas.Christmas is a day we can celebrate with joy, knowingthat even if we’re lonely or feel we have no one on Earthwho we are special to, there is Somebody Who does loveus, and that’s Jesus.Life, like Christmas, isn’t made of what we receive butof what we give. A life built on trying to get from others,rather than give to others, will fail.Give the gi

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of love to someone today by showing thatyou need them.In a world where things can change drastically fromone day to the next, it seems li

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le can escape quickly becoming passé. But there’s one thing that will never become outdated—the need to love and be loved. This isthe essence of Christmas. This is the real reason why weare each here. This is how we leave our mark—in the lovethat we show to others.It’s not what you get for Christmas that makes it spe-cial. It’s what you give.Think of the most signi

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cant and beloved Christmasthat you can remember and the reason for it. Now takethat memory and make it happen for someone else.How can Christmas be lived to the full? How can youend this Yuletide with satisfaction in your heart? By givingto those in need. You can give to those who need a smileor a kind word. You can give to those who are poor andneedy, who have less than you. You can lend a hand to aneighbor. Giving makes Christmas worthwhile.We can make every day as special as Christmas is, ifwe’re willing to try.

Why did the angels sing? Why did the heavens rejoice?Because Christ was born on that special night. Light hadentered the dark world and salvation had come. Theyrejoice still because they see the Savior’s message live on.They rejoice to see deeds of love done for another. We canagain make the angels rejoice this Christmas by sharinglove with others.It doesn’t seem there was anything extraordinary aboutMary and Joseph that caused them to be chosen to be Jesus’ parents. They were just a poor, young, working-class couple. Perhaps their average-ness is something thatwe are meant to take comfort in. If such a great responsi- bility could be entrusted to their care, could it mean we arealso capable of being trusted to do great things for God?Love came down at Christmas. Christmas is love. Thepurest form of love is the giving of one’s self for another.That’s what happened that

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rst Christmas night, and whatwe should try to recreate every Christmas.Baby Jesus, God’s Son, lay humbly in a simple manger.We are each just as special to God, no ma

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er how humbleor lowly our state.Please come to My birthday party.

When:

December 25.

Where:

Wherever you are. Bring family and friends.

— Jesus.

The birthday gi

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I’ll treasure most is your love.

— Jesus

My birth was the greatest present My Father could giveto you, the chance to receive eternal life.

— Jesus

I’m one Christmas gi

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that’s too big to go under thetree, yet small enough to live in your heart.

— Jesus

For God so loved the world that He sent His only son, Jesus, on Christmas, so we could share Christmas withHim forever.

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