The Birth of a Baby (A Christmas Miracle)

Course, that's a lot of what's celebrated
Symbolically at Christmas
The idea of the lights on the trees
Is the return of illumination, right?
Because the sun is starting to come back
All these things are layered on top of one another
And so, it's, it's, it's a remarkable
It's one of the things that's really made me so struck
As a consequence of studying Christianity
Is that so many
Levels of meaning
Stack on top of one another
In an isomorphic manner
And support one another
You know, there's a cosmic story
That's associated with Christmas
Which is thе death and rebirth of the sun
I mеan the, the actual solar orb
And

Then there's the more prosaic story
Of the birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
The birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Levels of meaning stack on top of one another
The birth of a, birth of a, birth of a baby
Which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life

So, Christ is
The eternal hope of mankind
Just like a, an infant is the eternal hope of mankind
Oh, he's born in lowly circumstances
And in extreme peril, right
Because all the firstborns are
Under death sentence, essentially
And there's an archetypal element to that, too
Which is really important to understand
Which is that
Even if the hero is divine
He's always born in the extreme danger
That characterizes existence itself
So, in some sense that balance
Between tragedy and catastrophe
And tyranny and hope
That typifies Christmas in reality for day-to-day people
Is also built right into the story
I mean, they're in a manger, for God's sake, right?
It's a stable and so it's pretty unstable

Then there's the more prosaic story
Of the birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
The birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Levels of meaning stack on top of one another
The birth of a, birth of a, birth of a baby
Which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life

And then, of course
There's all these radical political events going on
And well, that's, that's the way of mankind
Radical political and social events
Going on
And that's the way of mankind, so

Then there's the more prosaic story
Of the birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
The birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Levels of meaning stack on top of one another
The birth of a, birth of a, birth of a baby
Which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life

The birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
The birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Levels of meaning
Levels of meaning
The birth of a baby which is, of course
A miraculous event in everyone's life
Everyone's life, everyone's life
A miraculous event in everyone's life