The New Testament Gospel of Matthew in chapter 13 and verse 34 says, "Jesus used stories when he spoke to the people. In fact, he did not tell them anything without using stories."
The stories of the birth of Jesus, be they called Christmas or Feast of the Nativity, are the leading edge of the Christian enterprise globally.
It is enough to make one wonder if the central insight of the Christian religion is that human destiny is unfolding most forcefully in the guise of stories. Each world religion has its stories of the founder or of the insights and conflicts along the way. Perhaps this is where the competition really lies. Which tradition has the most insightful and dramatic stories of how the tradition understands the human situation.
In the telling of the stories, each generation of humans has the opportunity to present their case. Christians can do much better in presenting the story of the Christmas Birth of Jesus event using the culture and technology of the time.
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