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Turn it to his political advantage. >> i am sure you will see the darts thrown in the future. jon. >> santa will not need rudolph's nose to guide the sleigh tonight. he will have a full moon. 1977 was the last time it happen. and almost a decade earlier, a decade earlier from 1977. astronauts captured the first earth rise photo and this picture taken from apollo eight. that was the first astronauts to see it. they read aloud from the book of genesis as millions listened in. >> and a radio deejay locked

Frank boreman, bill anderson, jim lovell, took turns reading from the book of genesis. the view as they circled the moon, lending itself beautifully to the words coming from the bible. >> created dry land first, and the gathering of the waters called the seas, and god saw that it was good. and from the crew of apollo 8, good night, good luck, a merry christmas and god bless all of you. all of you on this good earth. >> and god saw that it was good. i'm kelly wright. we take you back to "birth of jesus." ♪

Traditional catholic circles as understood as cousins rather than brothers. >> questions about joseph's age and the brothers versus cousins debate have created a dilemma for some believers, over the virgin birth. >> i think it's very critical that we believe in the virgin birth. because it is the virgin birth that preserved the sinlessness of christ. >> in the early church the primary concern was really on jesus' divine origin and on the virginal conception and birth. >> when you look at the gospel story, especially the christmas story, you can see that there's a concerted effort to make jesus...

Pontiff placed a statue of the baby jesus in a replica of a manger in st. peter's basilica. his focus was on the humble beginnings and the vulnerability of the christ child. the ceremony coming as he celebrated his first christmas eve mass as leader of the catholic church. and there is an out-of-this world event many people were talking about christmas morning 48 years ago today. just hours earlier, on christmas eve, the crew of apollo 8 astronauts frank foreman, bill anders and jim lovell took turns reading from the book of gene sis. the view as they circled the moon blending itself beautif...

Our astonishing home in its other worldly grace. this is earthrise seen from the crew of the moon of apollo eight. just listen, if you would, for a second to the astronauts. >> in the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep. and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters and god said, let there be light. and there was light. and god said, let the waters be gathered together in one place and let the dry land appear, and it was so. and god called the dry land earth and the gathering together of t...