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Hallelujah Chorus – taken from Celebrating Christmas George Friederich Handel’s Messiah is probably the most popular piece of all classical Christmas music. Technically an oratorio (an ‘opera without action’), it focuses more on...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – taken from Christmas at the Movies C.S. Lewis’s classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is set during World War II. Four children pass...

God's Reconnection Remedy – taken from Making the Christmas Connection Joy to the world,the Lord has come!Let earth receive her King;Let every heart prepare him room.(‘Joy to the World’) So if sin is...

Miracle on 34th Street – taken from Christmas at the Movies My favourite Miracle on 34th Street is the 1994 version starring Sir Richard Attenborough. This feel-good classic tells the heartwarming story of a...

Arriving in Bethlehem – taken from The Christmas Story

Dickens – taken from Celebrating Christmas A 2017 film about Charles Dickens was entitled The Man Who Invented Christmas. The eye-catching title is a profound exaggeration because, as this book frequently points...

Home Alone – taken from Christmas at the Movies Home Alone is about how 8-year-old Kevin (brilliantly played by Macaulay Culkin) gets left behind when his rather dysfunctional family leaves for a...

Promises and Prophecies – taken from Jesus Christ – The Truth Matthew’s Gospel begins with a long genealogy that daunts modern readers. It’s tempting to pass rapidly over this listing of...

Saint Nicholas – taken from Heroes of the Faith: Volume Two One problem with becoming a public hero is that, inevitably, your life ends up in the hands of the public! There,...

Elizabeth and Zechariah – taken from Celebrating Christmas Luke begins his account of the nativity of Jesus in what might seem a rather surprising way. We are introduced to Zechariah, a priest...

Every December the world pauses, some willingly, some wearily, to tell the story that divided history in two. We call it Christmas, but heaven called it Rescue Day.In that Bethlehem...

Mary – taken from The Christmas Story