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Christmas

Celebration of Christmas
Christmas is the celebration of Jesus, God’s greatest gift to us, coming into our lives. At this time, Jesus—the Word of God—tells us again that he is the God we are in search of and that he has come into our midst.

Christmas is also a season of gift giving, a tradition that originally centered on the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the visit of the Magi and the revelation of the Lord to the whole world.

See Liturgical Calendar–Seasons–Christmas for additional background information and prayer.

Go to Prayer Celebration
"Happy Birthday, Jesus" Prayer Celebration Notes

Focus To recognize Jesus as a special gift to all people.

Materials

Prayer table with Bible, Advent wreath, enough pieces of straw for each child, simple crib or small box to hold straw, music

Reading

Luke 2:4-7

Music "Silent Night," Blest Are We Music CD K; "He Came Down," Blest Are We Music CD 1; "Who Shall Come to Worship Him," Janet Vogt (OCP Publications); "Gift of God," Marty Haugen (GIA Publications)

Preparation Before the prayer celebration, have children think of loving actions they can do as gifts for family members. They will share these actions during the liturgy. Practice your role as leader. Children will not need copies of the liturgy. Write the responses on the chalkboard in advance, or say each response and have them repeat it with you. Place the straw next to the crib or box so that children can come to the prayer table, pick up a piece of straw, and place it during the liturgy.

Adaptation Children could role-play loving actions. You could also continue the straw activity for each week that you meet during Advent.

Additional Materials For a full year of liturgies, from which this one was adapted, see:

Prayer Celebrations, Primary

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Blest Are We Music CD K

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Blest Are We Music CD 1

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Blest Are We Song Book for Grades 1-8

Words and melody for children; contains music for grades 1-8.

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Blest Are We Accompaniment Book for Grades 1-8

Contains accompaniment music for grades 1-8

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ORDER NUMBER: 0-382-36618-2 / 9780382366185