Christmas has transcended national and cultural barriers.

Christmas has transcended national and cultural barriers.

Most people celebrate Christmas; but so few men and women understand what and whom it really commemorates. But so many people, even Christians, never pause to fully consider the One who is at the center of the holiday. And so few ever truly grasp the historical and theological significance of what occurred that first Christmas.

Christmas commemorates a divine event and a divine person—the miraculous birth of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. An authentic celebration of Christmas honors the most wonderful of divine accomplishments. It recognizes that the eternal, sovereign God came to earth as a human being to live a righteous life among His people and then to die as a perfect sacrifice to deliver from the wrath of God all who repent and believe.

JOHN MacARTHUR (God in the Manger)