Long, long ago people did not know much about God, and they did not know about Christmas either, because there had never been a Christmas Day, not even one.
Prophets foretold the coming of the Christ; shepherds recognized and reverenced the child Jesus; Wisemen followed a star to Bethlehem and worshiped him as the promised Messiah; Simeon publicly identified and presented Jesus as the Saviour, or Son of God.
People who do not understand the teachings of Christian Science sometimes question the stand that a student of this Science takes in regard to the treatment of disease, especially when the case is that of a young child.
