Christmas 2009
Each day from now until Christmas day one article will be devoted to a subject connected with Christmas. Today we look at church and Christmas.
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Christmas in Church
Nativity Play
On a Sunday before Christmas many churches will have a service that includes a nativity play. The children will act out the Christmas story. There will also be carol services, sometimes by candle-light.
Christmas Day
Some churches will start Christmas Day with a midnight communion service (midnight mass). Other churches will have a short informal service for all the family on Christmas morning. If the church has a crib, the figure of Jesus is put in on Christmas Day. The fifth, and last, Advent candle will be lit.
Epiphany
This is the twelth day of Christmas - January 6th. At Epiphany, we remember when the wise men visited Jesus. It reminds us that Jesus was shown to people who weren't Jews (gentiles), and that he came for people of all races. If the church has a crib, the figures of the shepherds may be taken out, and replaced with those of the wise men.
