Around this time last year (or possibly the year before), I wrote about how your nativity set is wrong if it has wise men in it because they most likely didn’t show up to see Jesus until He was 1 or 2 years old and Joseph and Mary were living in a house.

I still hold to that. I’m not telling you to throw your wise men in the trash. What I am saying is to check what you’ve been told about the Christmas story against what the Bible actually says. That goes for anything, not just the Christmas story. FYI.

I read about a family who sets up their nativity scene with all the pieces except one. They leave out Jesus until Christmas night. That way there’s an anticipation, much like there was that first Christmas night.

I like that idea. As long as you don’t lose the baby Jesus or the dog doesn’t eat him. But there’s something to be said for making your own family traditions, especially ones that center around the Christ of Christmas.

I saw a nativity scene today that I loved. I don’t think it’s too sacrilegious (or at least I hope not). Besides, we don’t still worship an infant Jesus. We pray to and sing to and love and serve a Jesus who grew up and lived a perfect life and died a criminal’s death on a cross and rose again. All for you and me.

So here’s that nativity scene.

Pretty awesome, ain’t it?