Too often our Christmas season is filled with such questions as "What do you want for Christmas?" or "What do you mean it is sold out?" or "Did decorating the tree take this long last year?" only to find that when the season has come and gone a more vital question remains: "Is that all there is to Christmas?"

In Shepherds, Why This Jubilee? Elder Jeffrey R. Holland celebrates the Christmas season and spirit by focusing on the birth and

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Joshua ben Levi, a young Judean shepherd, is in search of a miracle. His wife, Miriam, is expecting their first baby, but complications threaten to take the lives of both mother and child. In desperate need of God's help, Joshua journeys to the temple in Jerusalem to make an offering and to pray; on the way home he becomes one of the shepherds chosen to greet the Christ child on the night of his birth.

Recounts the events surrounding the birth of Jesus, from the angel's announcement to Mary to the visit of the Wise Men in Bethlehem.

A baby owl asks his mother all about the Holy Child who he sees sleeping in their stable home.

A young carpenter's apprentice works very hard on his woodworking project, only to give it away to a special baby.

Ashba the donkey and his stablemate Ox try to keep the baby Jesus warm after his birth in their stable.

Elderly Micah, a childless widower from Nazareth, receives gifts of a blanket and food as he seeks shelter for the night in Bethlehem, but the greatest blessing comes after he is reunited with two kindly traveling companions and their newborn son in a stable. Accompanying CD contains the song on which the story is based, two additional original songs, and two other Christmas songs.

"The story of the Nativity retold for young readers. Follow Mary and Joseph as they travel to Bethlehem in this retelling of the Christmas story, fully illustrated and in a picture book format that is perfect for sharing." --Publisher description.

"What can a small angel give a most important baby? A Christmas story about the greatest gift of all"--