![]() ![]() After they saw him, they spread the word all across the land about what had been told to them by the Angel and all that heard were amazed.Īfter Jesus was born in Bethlehem, three wise men came from the right (or east!) to visit the newborn king after they had seen his star rise. They left their fields and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying right in the manger. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared right next to the angel, praising God and saying “Glory to God in the highest Heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.Īfter the angels left back to Heaven, the shepherds said to those across and to the right of each other “Let’s go to the Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths lying in a manger.” Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you, he is the Messiah, the Lord. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. An angel of the Lord appeared to them and said “Do not be afraid. There were no guest rooms l eft for them to sleep, so she wrapped him in cloth and placed him right in a manger to sleep.Īcross the way, there were shepherds watching over their flocks at night. While in Bethlehem, Mary gave birth to her firstborn son. Mary and Joseph were engaged to be married and Mary was pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Upon hearing of the order, Joseph and Mary left the town of Nazareth and traveled across the way to Bethlehem. Back in those times, Caesar Augustus made an order that a census of the entire Roman world should be taken and that every person should go r ight back to their own town to register. We can learn all about the true meaning of Christmas right from the bible. The story of the birth of Jesus and the Wise Men comes straight from the bible with some words added to play the game. The second option is for my Christian friends who’d rather include the story of baby Jesus at their family Christmas party. Let’s try one more time! Put all of your focus into finding your perfect fit! Do you think you got the message across?Well, would you look at that! You feel it, don’t you? This one right here? It’s just right. What about the one to your left? No, no, this one’s just on the side of too crinkly. How many inches is it across? Two? Five? Hm… not quite. ![]() Pick up the present closest to you give it a thorough look-over. But enough daydreaming! It’s time to live in the present and take in what’s right in front of you. That’s right, you can stare them down, it’s all good.īecause this year, you know you will get the right present to bring to a gift exchange… a gift card!Ī gift card is a shapeshifter – for the person on your left it’s a new sweater (Perhaps one that’s striped? Or maybe one with embroidery across the top?), while the person to your right would swear it looks like a brand new album. Now you are probably looking at the person across from you wondering if they were the ones who brought that candle last year. But the little negative nelly on your left shoulder is probably also chiming in with “Don’t get too excited, you will probably be left with a used candle like last year!”. So say to yourself… Do I really need another gift? I’m sure you’re thinking, “If I’m left with a comfy blanket or expensive bottle of wine, then Yes!!”. Who really knows what are even in these gift bags and if you’d even want to keep it, right? We all know the person who spends the right amount of money and gets a really good present to bring and also the person that just ordered a random gift right from Amazon last night! You might have the dreaded fruitcake right in your hand! Or the white elephant gift that was LEFT over from a Christmas party last week. ![]() But really, why would you be excited about the present across from you when you don’t even know what it is? So don’t get too fond of the package you have or even excited about the gift to the left of you. Yes, that’s right, that is what we are going to do! You might have heard about this present exchange game, that people pass their gifts to the right and even across from them. Who wants the present they have RIGHT in their own hands? Well, too bad, because I doubt you will be left with it when this game is over! In case you want to read it from your phone, here it is: My daughter helped me write this silly story about holiday gift exchanges. ![]()
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