Growing up in rural Louisiana, I always found the Christmas season to be a joyous time of the year. A time when we forget about the weight of our problems. It is a time of hope, peace, joy and love.

No birth into mortality has ever been accompanied with such heavenly announcements and miracles as the birth of Jesus Christ the savior of the world! Bright stars, angels, heavenly choirs, lights and ...

The exact date of Jesus's birth is unknown, though it is estimated to have been in the spring between 6 and 4 B.C. Christians began celebrating Christmas on December 25 in the 4th century, possibly to ...

The Gospel according to Luke was not written by a witness to the birth of Jesus. St. Luke probably never even saw Jesus. Instead, he studied the written accounts of the birth and life of Jesus, ...