Contents

I. An Age of Wonders

II. Preparation for the Event

III. A Wonderful Fulfillment of Prophecy

IV. An Historical Event

V. Simplicity of the Narrative

VI. The Town of Bethlehem

VII. The Wonderful Night Draws Near

VIII. The Birth

IX. No Room in the Inn

X. Angel Ministry

XI. Angels and Shepherds

XII. The Concert in a Sheep Pasture

XIII. The First Visitors to Bethlehem

XIV. The Star and the Wise Men

XV. A Frightened King

XVI. An Impotent Destroyer

XVII. Splendid Gifts

XVIII. Was a Child the Best Christmas Gift to the World?

XIX. A World Without Christmas

XX. Has the Christmas Song Survived the World War?

XXI. The Light of the World