Christmas Cartoons celebrating the birth of Jesus

Birth of John Announced – Zechariah & Elizabeth
Birth of Jesus Announced – Mary & Joseph

God's Plan to save the World

was the buzz around the Coffee Maker in Heaven a little over 2000 years ago. Jesus, the son of God, was born of a virgin in a barn, raised by a carpenter, and as a man, is the friend of tax collectors & fishermen. This man, Jesus, will be the savior of our world. <pause>
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This plan was both original and ingenious!

That First Christmas Night (Luke 2)

So Mary & Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, while, just out of earshot, Betsy nagged her husband about reservations, leaving the night for Harry, neither SILENT nor HOLY.

Meanwhile, Joseph and Mary arrived in Bethlehem, but there was no room at the Inn, so Jesus was born in a stable and laid in a manger.

The birth of Jesus was announced by

white-collar (and white robed) Heavenly Angels to smelly, truly blue-collar shepherds. On this indeed Holy Night, these shepherds and angels rubbing elbows were the perfect Christmas Odd Couple.

Note: There was an extensive tryout before the Realms of Glory Choir and the Angel to announce Jesus' birth.

In stark contrast

to the Realms of Glory Choir, one shepherd sang 'Go Smell it on the Mountain.' Later, this was revised to become the more palatable Gospel Classic, 'Go Tell it on the Mountain.'

Even the sheep could not help but take notice of Jesus' birth, crying out the birthplace of Jesus, "BAAAAthehem," while others copped an attitude crying, "BAAA-humbug!"

Scroll along with my Christmas cartoon retelling of Jesus' birth, featuring Christmas Cartoons of the angels, shepherds, wise men, the stable, the star, and a host of others.

And let's remember the Three Wise Men

bearing gifts and traveling so far, following the star to the baby Jesus. They were absent that first Christmas night, but what Nativity set would be complete without them?

Below, find a few possible Wise Men outtakes

So it was a starry night,

a Holy Night, in that Little Town of Bethlehem, where HAROLD the Angel sang HARK, and GLORIA arrived from her hometown Excelsis Deo, and a LITTLE DRUMMER BOY drummed on that first Christmas night..

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Here is where I will confess the obvious... Christmas cartoons

are not the best medium for capturing the beauty and significance of that first Christmas night.

Then again, by this world's standards, the birth of Jesus in a smelly barn because Joseph & Mary did not make reservations online at the Bethlehem Holiday Inn Express is unforgivable.

The perfection of that first Christmas Night

When the Son of God was born to a world that needed a savior, and still does. It is not a story that any of our 24/7 news channels could ever grasp, but precisely the ‘truth’ the world needs to hear. CHRISTMAS is the beginning of the EASTER story.