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(LifeSiteNews) — When my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world this year, it very much felt like our own personal Christmas.
Obviously, my son is not the incarnate logos sent to earth to redeem mankind like Jesus Christ was, and he was also not born of a virgin. However, there are some parallels between the birth of our son and the celebration of the birth of our lord and savior.
The joyful anticipation of Advent feels similar to the anticipation we felt in the weeks before our son was born. Finally holding this little, innocent human being in our arms did feel wonderful and surreal at the same time.
After he was born, people came and offered gifts, whether that was clothes for the child or food for us because we were too exhausted to cook. Granted, no one brought us large amounts of gold, but you can still see the similarity to the three magi offering up their gifts to the Son of God.
Also, the family came together in celebration of this occasion, as they
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