Clement Moore’s “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” has become the sacred text for the American Christmas, with the power to make every home a place of magic and everyone who hears the poem an eyewitness to a primal scene. Probably more people can recite “Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house” than know “Now it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world would be taxed” (Christmas: Festival of Incarnation, 163-4)
Which of these two are you most familiar with?
What would it be like for you to memorize Luke 2:1-20 in the coming week?
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