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This is the true story of Christmas!
From the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 1:18-25 and Chapter 2: 1-6
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: his mother Mary was pledged
to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with
child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man
and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her
quietly.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as
your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will
give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will
save his people from their sins."
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will
call him Immanuel"—which means, "God with us."
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the lord had commanded him and
took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to
a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod,
Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has
been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship
him."
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When
he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law,
he asked them where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in
Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:
"'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"
From the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 1:1-11
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written
in Isaiah the prophet:
"I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way"—
"a voice of one calling in the desert,
'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight paths for him.'"
And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of
repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the
people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized
by him in the Jordan River. John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a
leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild hone. And this was
his message: "After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of
whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water,
but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in
the Jordan. As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn
open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:
"You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."
From the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1:26-33 and Chapter 2:1-20
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in
Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant
of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said,
"Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting
this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have
found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you
are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he
will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken
of the entire Roman world. "This was the first census that took place while
Quirinius was governor of Syria." And everyone went to his own town to
register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to
Bethlehem to the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of
David.
 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and
was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be
born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and
placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over
their flocks at night. An angel of the lord appeared to them, and the glory of
the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them,
"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all
the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is
Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find the baby wrapped in
cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel,
praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men
on whom his favor rests."
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one
another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which
the Lord has told us about."
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in
the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had
been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the
shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them
in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
From the Gospel of John, Chapter 1:1-14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been
made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in
the darkness, but the darkness has no understood it.
There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a
witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might
believe. he himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did
not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive
him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the
right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of
human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We had seen his glory,
the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
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