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Well, Merry Christmas to you and happy birthday to Jesus,

amen.

I'm really excited.

I love Christmas time.

I've got great memory since I was a little kid.

And for me, it's just that unique time where we're really focused on family.

And so I want to talk a little bit about Jesus' spirit-filled family.

This is the time of the year, when in general we think about and we look at family and then as well we really

focus on one family and that is the family of Jesus Christ and so I don't know about

you the Christmas cards have already started rolling in and we've gotten a number that have

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph on the front.

This tends to be the prominent, preeminent family during the holiday season,

and Jesus' immediate and extended family is the most significant

and I would say the most successful family in the history of the world.

So I want to talk about the secret of their success.

I mean, wouldn't it be great if he raised a kid like Jesus or even a little bit like Jesus?

You know, it would be great. How do you do that? And is there something that they had in their

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