"This
interesting day, crowned with the history of Truth's idea, —its earthly advent and nativity,—is especially dear to the heart of Christian Scientists; to whom Christ's appearing in a fuller sense is so precious, and fraught with divine benedictions for mankind.
Christian Scientists
love Christmas because they see its true meaning to be the eternal coming, the forever appearing, of the Christ-idea to the world through the revelation of Truth.
There
is an atmosphere of special tenderness associated with the Christmas season, a feeling of reverence for childlike simplicity and innocence that transcends the merely material and traditional concept of festivities.
To
many Bible readers, angels are supernatural apparitions, which, in the likeness of men and women, appeared to patriarchs and apostles to bless their experiences.
