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Tomorrow is Christmas.

We continue our foray into the history of Christmas.

Pope Francis offers Mass for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord / Vatican MediaVatican City, Dec 24, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).In his Christmas homily, Pope Francis asked Christians to contemplate that God did not choose to come into the world in grandeur, but as a humble child born into poverty. "Brothers and sisters, standing before the crib, we contemplate what is central, beyond all the lights and decorations ... We contemplate the child. In his littleness, God is completely present," Pope Francis said on Dec. 24."Let us be amazed by this scandalous truth. The One who emb...

"I had just finished decorating my tree and sat down in a chair and wasn't ready to go to bed," says Pettengill. "I just started writing this poem. I thought, well, I'm going to send this to mom and dad because it was about our Christmases past through the years and it just developed." 

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