Christmas Is For The Young... Whatever Their Age
16 Christmas Sermon Stories
The story of Mary and Joseph's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem is one of the most familiar parts of the Christmas tradition. In ancient times that trip of about eighty miles was a difficult one and usually took four or five days to travel. Some critics have questioned whether such a call for a census or enrollment like the one in our text really took place. But records from Egypt and other countries have been found where various pharaohs and other government officials set forth edicts to compel their citizens to return to their hometowns for a census.