What does Christmas really mean to the man in the street or even the man in the pew? Can one really believe today in such improbable events as the Virgin Birth, the shepherds and the angels, the Magi and the star in the East, Herod and the murder of the Holy Innocents? Are they just fables? These sort of questions arise spontaneously in the minds of most people reading the Christmas stories in the Gospels. This book suggests that they may be the wrong questions to ask, and may even prevent the reader from arriving at the deeper issues which the Gospel writers had in mind when they composed these unforgettable stories. What these deeper issues are is here explained with clarity, simplicity and honesty.