Christmas is a time of waiting... We wait for family to arrive and celebrate the holidays together. We wait for the cookies to bake and the food to cook. We wait for school to let out for break. We wait excitedly for Christmas morning. We wait to see what is so carefully wrapped under the tree. We wait, we wait, we wait...and when the waiting is over, happiness abounds! For thousands of years, people waited for a Messiah and their waiting ended unexpectedly with the humble bi