Christmas

Lots of people think Christmas is just a holiday to get gifts. They hang out with friends while they open gifts. They think Santa clause brought the gifts. But non of that is true. I can tell you why there is Christmas. 

About  2,000 years ago Caesar Augustus declared that a censes should be taken of the entire roman world. At that time a girl named Mary was pledged to marry a man named Joseph. One day an angel of the Lord came to Mary and said,”Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. You will be with child and give birth to a son. You are to name him Jesus.” When Joseph heard about this he was greatly troubled. He was going to divorce Mary, but one night an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream and said,”Do not be troubled for the baby Mary will have is from the Lord.” The next day Joseph went to Mary and told her all that had happened. Then Joseph took Mary and set out to Bethlehem because  that’s where he was from. When they  got there Mary felt like she was going to have the baby. So they quickly found an inn. When Joseph went up to the inn the inn keeper said,” I’m sorry but we are all full.” Each inn he went to said the same thing. Then one of the inn keepers said they had a stable that they could stay in so Joseph took up the offer. A few minutes later Mary had the baby. Meanwhile in a field outside of Bethlehem some shepherds were herding their sheep when all of a sudden an angel of the Lord came to them and said,” do not be afraid for I bring you great tidings of joy. In a stable in Bethlehem a baby was born. He is your Savior.” Then a whole bunch of angels joined in singing “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace goodwill towards men!” Then they left. Once the angels left the shepherds headed to Bethlehem. A bit farther three wise men saw the star. So they decided to follow it. A few days later the shepherds and the wise men got to the stable. They gave Mary and Joseph some gifts, bowed down to  Jesus then left. Now that’s what Christmas is about.

~Shayden~