Our grandson, Glen, when he was just a little guy was fascinated by the manger scene. He liked to arrange the figures with a shepherd looking in the window of the stable. He was especially interested in the baby, Jesus, in the manger. For a long time afterward, when he saw a baby in the mall, he would tell his Mom, “Look another Baby Jesus.” Wisemen came from the East, Matthew’s Gospel states, bringing gifts to the Christ child. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if wise ones from the west would bring gifts to all the little Baby Jesus’ of the world? The gift of food so that no child would go hungry, the gift of health so that no child was without medical care, the gift of shelter so no child would be homeless, the gift of peace so there were no more child soldiers or child victims, the gift of love so that no child would be unwanted. God gave us the matchless gift of his son. What more appropriate gift could we give than to bless the sons and daughters of this world with loving gifts. We give Christmas gifts because God gave us a gift in Jesus that can never be repaid. It can only be paid forward. Perhaps, this Christmas season we can broaden our gifts beyond our beloved family to gift the children of our world in the name of and to honor the Christ child of Bethlehem.