In the fields near Bethlehem there were shepherds,tending their flocks. Suddenly a brilliant light blazed through the darkness, and an angel appeared. The shepherds, terrified, hid their eyes, but the angel reassured them. "I bring you good news, today in Bethlehem a child has been born, who will be the savior of all people. You will find him in a manger." Then the night sky was filled with heavenly beings, and the angels sang in praise of God. They spoke of peace on earth and friendship between everyone. "We must go at once to see the child," the shepherds said. They hurried to the town where they soon found Mary, Joseph, and the baby in the stable. Excitedly, they described what they had seen and heard, and went away praising God. Only Mary was silent, thinking quietly to herself of all that had happened.

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 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 a 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." "Luke 2:8-15"

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 hadbeen told.
"Luke 2:16-20"

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalemand asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We sawhis star in the east and have come to worship him." When King Herodheard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had calledtogether all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he askedthem where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," theyreplied, "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 peopleIsrael.
"Matthew 2:1-6"

On coming to the house, they saw the childwith his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then theyopened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incenseand of myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back toHerod, they returned to their country by another route. When theyhad gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up,"he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay thereuntil I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left forEgypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called myson."
"Matthew 2:11-15