The Nights Before Christmas

I found a "sienna" setting on my camera and couldn't resist posting these. Now Luca and I both can have our tree of choice, her's of "all the colors" and mine in classic white. :-)
This little nativity set is one we had when I was little and this year I put it out for the girls to play with. It's sturdy and made of some sort of resin or wax so the only worry is; will baby Jesus get lost? It has been played with a lot and normally at the end of the day I gather the pieces and set them in their places like this...
But today, I left them alone. I think Luca had it right:

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Philippians 2:8-10 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth

2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

What wondrous love is this, O my soul?
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul?

When I was sinking down,
Beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

To God and to the Lamb, I will sing;
Who is the great I AM,
While millions join the theme, I will sing.

And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
I’ll sing His love for me,
And through eternity I’ll sing on.

Merry CHRISTmas!