In this sermon Christmas, The Next Day, many people focus on Jesus Christ. People from far and wide celebrate Christmas. There is lots of traveling going on. People who never attend church make it to services during this season. Maybe that first Christmas was something like what we see. For most everybody, life got back to normal after that first Christmas day. The shepherds returned to their flocks; the angels silenced their singing; the Wise Men made the long trip back home. It seems like everybody forgot about that Holy Night! So much so, that we do not even know for sure what day Christ was really born! The shepherds returned as did everybody else, all except Mary and Joseph. When it is over this year, will we simply return to life as normal? Perhaps praising God for the chance to celebrate, but really, none different than you were before? Or will you, like Mary and Joseph have your lives radically changed by Christmas this year? All of us who have had children know, the birth of a baby changes our lives forever, but only the parents come away being totally changed from the birth!