The Reason for the Season - As Told By The Icons

From the Nicene Creed:

. . . And in one Lord Jesus Christ,the only begotten Son of God,begotten of his Father before all worlds,God of God, Light of Light,very God of very God,begotten, not made,being of one substance with the Father;by whom all things were made;

who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven,and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,and was made man;

and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;he suffered and was buried;

and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven,and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;and he shall come again, with glory,to judge both the quick and the dead;

whose kingdom shall have no end.