John Peet sheds light on the central characters in the nativity scene and explains their significance of their presence.
Last Christmas my wife and I were talking about those who were at Bethlehem. We found it most instructive to think on who and why.
The centre figure is the Lord Jesus
It is easy to forget Him if we miss the purpose of the occasion. One shopper in Croydon in the 1960s was overheard to refer to a nativity scene in a shop window: ‘They are even bringing religion into Christmas’!
