Christmas is a very special time of year for everyone and I am no exception. This is when we get together with family and friends. I have included the traditional Victorian Christmas tree with the packages. It's always so much fun collecting special presents for those we love. This year the tree is blessed with the presence of angels.

One particular Christmas Eve included a wonderful mass at Holy Cross, Santa Cruz, CA. The message was given in English, then Spanish. Father Marini absolutely glowed during this celebration of the Christ. This was definitely a beautiful celebration and I left with a warm heart. My goal is to maintain that spirit year round - spreading God's love.

This is when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. He came into this world to teach us about God's love. This was the prophesy fulfilled. The birth of Jesus was destined to change the world by fulfilling the prophecies. The entire story as we know it is from two sources in the Holy Bible: Luke and Matthew. Here is an exerpt from the Holy Bible, New King James Version, telling of the birth of Jesus.

Luke 2:1-21

1. And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
2. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.
3. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David.
5. to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.
6. So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.
7. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
8. Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
9. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone about them, and they were greatly afraid.
10. Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
11. "For there is born to you, this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
12. "And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."
13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
14. "Glory to God in the highest,
    And on earth peace, good will toward men!"
15. So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go to Bethlemen and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."
16. And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.
17. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.
18. And all those who heard it marveled of those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
21. And when the eight days were completed for the circumscision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

Matthew 2:1-15

1. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,
2. saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him."
3. When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
5. So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:
6. "But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
   Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
   For out of you shall come a Ruler
   Who will shepherd My people Israel."
7. Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared.
8. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also."
9. When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was.
10. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
11. And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary, His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12. Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.
13. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, take the young Child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him."
14. When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt.
15. and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My Son."

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