Episode Details

The gifts under the Christmas tree flooded the room. Everyone spotted the large box, wrapped in red holly berry paper, standing upright against the wall. With seven siblings, I never considered that the massive box held my name. To my surprise, someone handed me the largest gift. The box contained a doll house, three stories high, with cardboard walls and a plastic elevator.

As I grew, I learned of a much larger present, given long ago. Although not covered in paper, this Gift was wrapped in strips of cloth. Never tucked under a Christmas tree, this Gift adorned a tree with his bloodied body. Immanuel, God with us.

My doll house is long gone. Thankfully, the best Gift dwells

with us now and forever.