Stephen Nichols

So out of that came the book.

Well, I can't take any credit for the design that you lauded.

And I entirely agree with you.

And so thankful to Ligonier and the creative team and the artists that they use to design this because it is a coffee table book.

I do believe in Scott Ligonier.

gravitas to it it's the kind of book that you can bring out each year it was intended to have families use it each year in fact there's pages in the back where families can write their own Christmas traditions and have a story to tell for future children grandchildren so very grateful for Ligonier and how they wrapped such a beautiful book around the text

But again, it goes back to that central idea of we need to be reminded of the whole story of Christmas.

And another way of saying that is this is actually the whole story of the Bible.

We talk about biblical theology.

And this is biblical theology on the person and work of Christ, which really is the story.

And Christmas is just such that flashpoint moment in the story that from the time we were children, this season just almost magically captures our imagination.

Nathan, I'm so glad you mentioned this.

For some people, it is a very intense time of anxiety and anxiety.

You know, as folks know, and so tragically, that Christmas season can be a time of increase in suicides.

And so it forces us to think about this.

And in the beginning of the book, I start off with a story that's a wonderful story that comes out of the trenches of World War I, of the Christmas truce.

Of 1914.

And these were soldiers on the Western Front realizing that the next day was Christmas and they decided to put the guns away.

And the next thing you know, they're in no man's land and they're exchanging soccer balls and cigarettes and showing pictures of their family.

And many called it a miracle, this Christmas truce.