Published December 25, 2020, 12:12 AM Finally, it is Christmas Day. We have always associated this holiday with merriment and joy, with many-colored lights on trees and lanterns, with feasting and gift-giving. We must never forget, as church officials remind us, that Christmas is the day Christ was born, the Christ who was to one day give up his life to save mankind. Thus, on his day, we relate the story of his birth, as told by St. Luke. Mary who was with child and her husband Joseph of Galilee were in Bethlehem in Judea to register under a tax decree of Emperor Caesar Augustus: