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Christmas is about receiving

Yes, you read that right. There are many ways to commemorate Christmas, and giving gifts has become one of the most popular traditions of the season. But as I think about the nativity story chronicling the birth of Christ Jesus, it seems to me there was a lot of going on. God was the giver, and every character in that

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