Merry Christmas to my Freeper Family

World Wide Web | December 24, 2005

[Calpernia]

Nativity

About two thousand years ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary. One day an angel appeared before her and told her she had been chosen to have a special baby. The baby would be God's son and she must call him Jesus.

Soon after the angel's visit, Mary and Joseph were married. Mary was due to have her baby when they were told they had to go on a long journey to Bethlehem, which was where Joseph came from.This was because they had to pay a special tax. Mary had to ride on a donkey for a few days over the hills of Gallilee.

At last Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem. It was crowded with other people who needed to pay their taxes. Mary was very tired and needed a place to stay. At each inn, the story was the same. There was no room for them. Eventually, one kind innkeeper said he had a stable where he kept his animals. They were welcome to stay there.

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And so it was that a few hours later, Mary gave birth to her son in that stable. She wrapped Jesus in strips of cloth and laid Him in a manger full of hay.

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The shepherds wanted to go and see the baby. When they arrived at the stable, they were filled with joy at seeing Jesus lying in the manger. They knelt down and worshipped Him. They told Mary and Joseph how the angel had appeared in the sky and told them that Jesus was to be the Saviour of the world.

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The Wise Men decided to find this new ruler. They went to Jerusalem to see King Herod, as they thought the baby would be in the palace. They asked to see the child that would be King of the Jews. The king was troubled. He thought this new king may take away his throne. He told them to return when they had found the baby so that he could worship the child himself.

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The Wise Men set off to find the baby. They were guided by the star to the stable in Bethlehem. Here they knelt down and worshipped Jesus. They gave him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. That night, the men had the same dream where an angel warned them that King Herod wanted to kill Jesus and told them not to go back to his palace.

[Ros42]

[writer33]

Merry Christmas, Calpernia. Those are great pictures!

[Rushmore Rocks]

Cal, that was beautiful. Thank you so very much.

And Christmas blessings to you and yours.

[MinuteGal]

Beautiful!

Thank you, Calpernia.

A Merry Christmas to you and God bless us everyone.

Leni

[glock rocks]

And a very Merry Christmas to my Lone Star FRiends!

[Eaker]

Merry Christmas to you Glocks!!!!

And Squantos!

And Humble!

And my dear wife!

[indcons]

Thank you so much for this beautiful greeting, Calpernia.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Best Wishes,
indcons

[MEG33]

May your Christmas be Joyful!

[4integrity]

Merry Christmas to you too!! And, a happy, healthy New Year!

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks for all your efforts to keep FReepers informed.

May you & yours be blessed with a Joyous Christmas & Happy New Year!

[Calpernia]

Merry Christmas!

[sauropod]

Merry Christmas back at ya!

[CindyDawg]

Merry Christmas to you and yours too.

[jer33 3]

Merry Christmas to you, Calpernia! May your home be filled with peace, joy, and abundant blessings through our Lord Jesus Christ.

[SandRat]

Merry Chistmas From Arizona

[Dog]

Merry Christmas ma'am.

[shaggy eel]

,,, you have a great Christmas and all the best for 2006!!

[Smokin' Joe]

Merry Christmas to you, too!

[lakey]

Merry Christmas to you, Calpernia, and to all FReepers.

[Just mythoughts]

Thank you ever so much and I wish right back at you and yours as well as the rest of Freepers a very Merry Christmas.

I pray that our military and their families be blessed this Christmas and may they be soon rejoined with their loved ones.

We are truly a blessed nation and I am most thankful for the blessings bestowed upon US.