0:12well it is that time of year again <br />0:16I don't need to introduce myself I think you all know who I am <br />0:20well every year on st. Nick care receives a ton of letters and christmas <br />0:25cards i get so many from so many wonderful people across the world <br />0:31many of the car - gorgeous but the one thing I noticed is that sometimes i get <br />0:37the same card as I'm ever in fact just the other day I got 10 cards from all <br />0:43over the world <br />0:44that was the same I bet you when you go to the store <br />0:49dad to go by Christmas cards to go send out to grant program on all the <br />0:53relatives but you find that all the cars are pretty similar but perhaps it's the <br />0:59same card you got last year or the year before <br />1:02what would you like to use something a little different <br />1:06well that's what I was shaking - and then I got this <br />1:11this card was sent to me from a nice little boy in the United States and it's <br />1:18a beautiful Christmas card <br />1:19look at that beautiful icicles don't across the car and I love bicycles and <br />1:27inside was a beautiful poem <br />1:30now i have never received a card like this before <br />1:33let me read it to you there is a change with every season <br />1:39all around us we see a new vision the latest will fall and fresh snow will <br />1:44glisten stop to a crawl and listen <br />1:49life has an upshot with each and every day full of surprises <br />1:55some good some not however we shall always look towards the horizon for <br />2:03there is a shining city upon the hill that cleans it is full of hope a place <br />2:09full of dreams <br />2:10this <br />2:12season may you find your city of hope without fear <br />2:15merry Christmas to you have a very happy new year <br />2:20now isn't that wonderful christmas card full of hope this is not just a card <br />2:29it's a gift and don't say that carry you know he likes to give a little gift to <br />2:35the else as well <br />2:37they deserve to get a Christmas card with their Christmas bonus <br />2:41oh oh you should see the size of their bonus oh well anyways this year I wanted <br />2:49to do something special for them and get them a beautiful car just like this one <br />2:53that i received <br />2:55well I went on a internet hunt to find out where these cards came from that I <br />3:00found him at cafepress.com / mike kemper designs <br />3:07it was wonderful that was not just this one but a whole series of beautiful <br />3:12christmas cards and I got to buy a pack of those give them out to all the elves <br />3:22the other great thing about it is that they should fast you know it always make <br />3:30Santa little misty-eyed when someone cares this much to send him a Christmas <br />3:37card like this you can do the same for your loved one and only had they have <br />3:44more than just Christmas card <br />3:46there's beautiful ornaments and mugs and then my favorite tea pots <br />3:52that's right Sarah got this is closed a beautiful teapots you put it right on <br />3:58the stove last year <br />3:59well anyways I've wasted a lot of your time <br />4:04as you know i'm quite busy I gotta get back to work and I'm sure you got a lot <br />4:09of work doing your christmas shopping so I want to go but please be sure to visit <br />4:14that beautiful sight <br />4:15and see these great gifts of Christmas cards and ornaments and such <br />4:20remember that's www.etsy.com / my can burp designs <br />4:27all you have to do is check it out and you might find something there you're <br />4:31like I know I did <br />4:33Oh <br />"Christianity." Christmas is a Christian holiday on December 25 that <br />commemorates the birth of Jesus. Ancient Romans also commemorated <br />Jesus' birth by marking a division of the calendar still in use today. <br />The years before Jesus' birth are marked as B.C. (Before Christ), and <br />the years after Jesus' birth are marked A.D. (Anno Domini, which <br />means, in the year of our Lord). <br />Christmas literally means the Mass (celebration) of Christ. "Christ" <br />is a Greek word and title, meaning "anointed" or one set apart by God <br />for a special purpose. "Christ" is equivalent to the Hebrew word <br />"Messiah." Based on the words of ancient prophets, the first century <br />Jewish people expected the arrival of the Messiah promised by God as a <br />great deliver of the people. <br />Read the Christmas story from an ancient biographer, Luke (Chapter 2). <br />Luke's biography records how Mary and her husband Joseph left their <br />home in Nazareth to travel to Joseph's ancestral home, Bethlehem, to <br />enroll in the census ordered by the Roman emperor, Augustus. Finding <br />no room in inns in the town, they set up primitive lodgings in a <br />stable. There Mary gave birth to Jesus in a manger or stall. Jesus' <br />birth in Bethlehem, the home of the house of King David from which <br />Joseph was descended, fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah. This is <br />confirmed to Mary by a visit from angels and shepherds. <br />Read the Christmas story from an ancient biographer, Matthew (Chapter <br />1).Matthew's biography begins by recounting the genealogy and virgin
