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      • The Nativity story, also known as the Christmas story or the Nativity of Jesus, is a story that tells the conception and birth of Jesus Christ. Telling the Nativity story is a Christmas tradition and is central to the celebration of Christmas within the Christian faith.
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  2. Dec 24, 2019 · To help you better appreciate the narrative, here are nine things you should know about the Christmas story: 1. Throughout church history, the date of Jesus’s birth has been proposed on numerous days, including March 21, April 15, and May 20. Since the fourth or fifth century, though, Christians have traditionally dated the Annunciation—the ...

  3. What is the story of Christmas? Jesus was born to a woman called Mary who was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter in the town of Nazareth in Galilee.

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    During the medieval period (c.400AD - c.1400AD) Christmas was a time for feasting and merrymaking. It was a predominantly secular festival but contained some religious elements. Medieval Christmas lasted 12 days from Christmas Eve on 24th December, until the Epiphany (Twelfth Night) on 6th January. Epiphany comes from a Greek word that means 'to sh...

    From the middle of the 17th century until the early 18th century the Christian Puritans suppressed Christmas celebrations in Europe and America. The Puritan movement began during the reign of Queen Elizabeth in England (1558-1603). They believed in strict moral codes, plenty of prayer and close following of New Testament scripture. As the date of C...

    The telling of the Christmas story has been an important part of the Christianisation of Christmas. One way that the Christmas story has been maintained is through the crib, a model of the manger that Jesus was born in. The tradition of crib making dates back to at least 400 AD when Pope Sixtus III had one built in Rome. In many parts of Europe in ...

    After a lull in Christmas celebrations the festival returned with a bang in the Victorian Era (1837-1901). The Victorian Christmas was based on nostalgia for Christmases past. Dickens' A Christmas Carol(1843) inspired ideals of what Christmas should be, capturing the imagination of the British and American middle classes. This group had money to sp...

  4. GENESIS 1:12, 910. What most of us mean by ‘the Christmas story’ is told in only 120 verses, split between the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. With scant textual detail to play with, our imaginations have furnished wide-eyed sheep, woolly and worshipful; a star hovering tastefully above a rustic shack; and a caravan of camels.

  5. Dec 21, 2023 · Christmas is a time of spiritual reflection on the important foundations of the Christian faith. It’s also a celebration. It’s when Christians celebrate God’s love for the world through the birth of the Christ child: Jesus. The Bible tells of his birth hundreds of years before, fulfilling prophecies.

  6. The story of Christmas, or nativity, was performed some 1200 years after it happened. We knew details from the bible, however, it wasn’t until Pope Honorius III was given permission to stage the first nativity in an Italian cave.

  7. Dec 21, 2023 · Read the full Christmas Bible story from all four books of the Gospel. Find the accounts of Angel Gabriel visiting the Virgin Mary, the nativity of Jesus, angels visiting the shepherds, and the three wise men bearing gifts for the newborn King.

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