Advent Reflections: Art of the Nativity

"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father, full of grace and truth."

This is of course from the first chapter of John, but it is also a Christmas verse.

However, "he came into his own, and his own received him not. . . "

I like the image below, a modern equivalent of the standard nativity.