Hi, I'm Liz Waid for Spotlight.
Around the world,
Christians are celebrating Christmas.
On this holiday we celebrate the birth of
Jesus Christ.
In many places, people set up
nativity scenes.
These nativity scenes
are a way for Christians to tell and
remember the wonderful story of Jesus' birth.
Nativity scenes include characters and scenes.
Each piece of the nativity set
represents one part of the Christmas story.
Today we'll build an a nativity
scene together. Our nativity scene
begins with the little town of Bethlehem.
This is the place where Jesus was born.
He was born in a stable in the town of Bethlehem.
This is Jesus's mother, Mary.
An angel told Mary that she would
become pregnant with Jesus.
This is Joseph.
And here is the baby, Jesus.
You can see that Jesus is lying in an unusual bed.
That's because he was born in a stable
and laid in a manger.
A stable is usually
the place where animals stay.
Animals like horses or goats.
The manger holds the animal's food.
So when Jesus was born,
he was laid in the place where animals
eat from: the manger.
The animals surround the baby.
They were the first ones to see Jesus.
An angel is here.
Angels are messengers from God.
They came to tell people that Jesus was born.
The shepherds were taking care of their
sheep in the fields that night.
An angel came to them
to announce the birth of Jesus.
The first people to see Jesus
were not rich or powerful people,
but lowly shepherds.
Finally, there are the wise men.
Christian tradition says there were three wise men.
These wise men saw a bright star in the sky.
They followed it and found Jesus.
At Christmas,
Christians around the world
tell this wonderful story.
Visit the Spotlight website
to hear our retelling of this story,
and to learn about other Christmas traditions.
From all of us at Spotlight,
Merry Christmas!