The Twenty-Fourth of December- The Christ-Child
"there will always be something new to discover if we only have our eyes and ears open to the remarkable world we live in."
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The Twenty-third of December- Mary and Joseph
"the real Christmas night happened only once, but that Christmas night resulted in Christmas over the whole world."
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The Twenty-second of December- Innkeeper
"All those who celebrate Christmas must remember [...] Peace is the message of Christmas."
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The Twenty-First of December- Evangeliel
"Jesus wanted people to share the little they had. If only they could learn to share with each other, nobody would be hungry or poor, or very rich either. Bit it's better that nobody is poor and hungry than that a few people are rich."
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The Twentieth of December - Cherubiel
"...a human being doesn't often see one of the angels of the Lord, and even then the sight doesn't last longer than a second or two. Then it's easy to believe you've seen visions..."
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The Ninteenth of December- Melchior
"We are part of this story on behalf of all the people on earth who do not come from the Holy Land."
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The Eigteenth of December - The Emperor Augustus
"[he] has been taking part in the Christmas Gospel as a kind of stowaway for many centuries. And God's kingdom is open to everyone, even people who travel without a ticket."
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The Eigteenth of December - The Emperor Augustus
"[he] has been taking part in the Christmas Gospel as a kind of stowaway for many centuries. And God's kingdom is open to everyone, even people who travel without a ticket."
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The Seventeenth of December - Seraphiel
"Many things have been done in the name of Jesus that heaven is not happy about. Jesus wanted to talk to everyone. He never asked them to keep silent."
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The Seventeenth of December - Seraphiel
"Many things have been done in the name of Jesus that heaven is not happy about. Jesus wanted to talk to everyone. He never asked them to keep silent."
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The Sixteenth of December - Daniel
"For there was only one Mary and Christ-child. Since then many millions of images of Mary and the Christ-child have been painted and fashioned, and none of them are alike. For even though there was only one Christ-child, every person's imagination is a little different."
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The Fifteenth of December - the Seventh Sheep
"He lifted a little lamb [...] and walked back towards them.
'Agnus Dei,' he said.
That means 'God's Lamb', and the lamb joined the rest of the flock of sheep without protest."
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The fourteenth of December- Isaac
"they agreed that God could not have created a better world - at least not in six days."
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The Thirteenth of December- The Sixth Sheep
"...the name Jesus is written in very beautiful and artistic lettering. One letter is red, the second is orange, the third is yellow, the fourth blue, and the fifth violet. Altogether that makes all the colours of the rainbow. Jesus was like a whole rainbow."
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The Twelfth of December: Quirinius
"For Jesus wanted to teach humans to help one another when they were in distress."
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The Eleventh of December: Caspar
"Everywhere at all times people have stretched their arms up to God [...] The church rowers point up to heaven too, but they last much longer."
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The Tenth of December: Impuriel
"God's imagination is infinite, just as there are infinitely many stars in the sky. No angel is exactly like another, nor are humans either[...] Every person on Earth is a unique work of creation."
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The Ninth of December: The Fifth Sheep
'I'm going to Bethlehem,' said Elisabet.
And the market woman replied, 'Hamelin? Hamelin?'
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The Eighth of December: Jacob
"Shepherding is a difficult job, and it's especially hard to herd a flock of sheep all the way to Bethlehem."
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The Seventh of December: The Fourth Sheep
"Whenever there's too much of anything, you can stare at it without appreciating it. That's how it's possible to be out under a starry sky and fail to see a single star because of a shower of shooting stars."
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