The Christmas Box

I ran across across an explanation written and shared by the famous author, Richard Paul Evans, that I thought was appropriate to share with my readers.  It is entitled:  The Christmas Box

"The human life cycle no less than evolves around the box; from the open-topped box called a bassinet, to the pine box we call a coffin.  The Box is our past and just as assuredly, our future.  It should not surprise us then that the lowly box plays such a significant role in the first Christmas story.  For Christmas began in a humble, hay-filled box of splintered wood.  The Magi, wise men who had traveled far to see the infant king, laid treasure-filled boxes at the feet of the Holy Child.  And in the end, when He had ransomed our sins with His blood, the Lord of Christmas was laid down in a box of stone.  How fitting that each Christmas season brightly wrapped boxes skirt the pine boughs of Christmas trees around the world"