Really, our family celebrates Christmas the twelve days

Really, our family celebrates Christmas the twelve days, not Halloween to Dec 26. Just to annoy folks.

What we all don't like to recall is, the beautiful Christmas nativity story ended badly. From his very birth, as he said later, his coming meant, not peace, but the sword.

Matt 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

HerodCare, an early model for modern tyrants.

(Conclusion of Christmas doodles series
http://mindfulwebworks.com/doodles/flight
(NB: not strictly by The Book.))