Of the four gospels, only two mention the birth of Christ, Matthew and Luke. The other two, after some Mark's genealogy and John's "In the beginning..." start with Christ and John the Baptist. Both Matthew and Luke describe the Annunciation as well.
Luke's introduction to the gospel is quite lovely. It is rigid in time and space. It is in the time of Caesar Augustus, the governor was Cyrinus and the Romans were enrolling the whole world. Joseph and his wife were to be enrolled in Bethlehem because he was connected to the house of David. Everything is specific, tied down in space and time and history. And then, suddenly, injected into this space and time is Infinity.
Merry Christmas.
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