About Christmas

" Christmas is purported to be a celebration honoring the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ "

About 2000 years ago God sent an angel to Israel, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter. The angel told Mary that by God's power, she would conceive and bear a son.

When Joseph learned that she was pregnant, an angel instructed him to marry her. Joseph took her to Bethlehem to register for a census. While there, Mary gave birth to Jesus.

After birth Mary puts her new born baby in a manger because “there was no room for them to lodge in the house”. Nearby a host of angels appears to some shepherds with news that “a deliverer has been born to you - the Messiah, the Lord”. The shepherds go to visit the baby Jesus and, praising God, tell everyone about what they’ve seen.