Staying with the subject of nativity scenes, we went to the enormous Gaylord Hotel near the Denver Airport last Saturday to celebrate my birthday. Part of the festivities was an enormous ice sculpture display. We’ve never seen anything like it.

After many rooms of displays, and a story about Rudolph, we came to the last room which contained only a fantastic ice sculptured nativity scene. I wish I could show you all of it and capture it well.

Later we saw several souvenirs of the ice show, labeled, “See Ice! featuring Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” I think the labels are wrong: Rudolph was just a warm-up for the main event!

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (Galatians 4.4, 5, ESV)