As you think back over your life, what was the day AFTER Christmas like in your home when you were a child? Could people remember who had given them which gift? How long before new toys were broken or cast aside? Was this a day of family gatherings and lots of food, or maybe church services? Or was it just a normal day at your house? Let’s go to Bethlehem together, to see what’s happening the day AFTER all the excitement of the birth of Jesus in the stable. I wonder what’s going on with Joseph, Mary and the baby or the shepherds or the Roman soldiers trying to keep order in an overcrowded Bethlehem and those trying to accomplish the registration for the census? Well, the short answer is… I don’t know! Neither Luke nor Matthew, who give us the Christmas story in the Bible, have any details for us about ‘the next day.’ But let’s see if we can find some clues to help us.
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