A nativity scene in a railway station (GLC) seems somehow appropriate for a family who were in temporary accommodation far from home... whether it was a cave or a stable, the downstairs of a house doesn't really matter... whether the house was an inn (unlikely) or a family home (more likely), owned by strangers or relatives isn't important... here a couple found shelter, a baby was born, and that baby grew up to change the course of history.

The call to put 'Christ into Christmas' is a call to centre our thoughts on those who are powerless, vulnerable, dependent... on babies certainly, but also on the people Jesus would come to love best... poor people, women, people sick in body, mind or spirit, children, widows, refugees, foreigners and, indeed, anyone who found themselves on the margins.

Whatever Christmas means for you, my prayer is that you would know just a little more peace, a little more hope, a little more joy and a little more love... and that you would glimpse just a little more of Jesus in those whose paths cross your own.