It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. Christmas Stories

By Jeffrey Lant

Has it ever occurred to you how little you might know about Christmas, and not just you but most likely your family too have limited knowledge about this most important event in human history.
This is most disheartening, given how much of our lives we spend on this subject. So I am going to play a little game with you. I am going to pretend that CNN had covered and was now covering again each and every aspect of what the overwhelming majority of people worldwide think is their way to heaven, and their soul in eternal bliss.
Let us begin in the introduction
This book is comprised of five Christmas stories by Dr. Jeffrey Lant including special reading by the author, Dr. Jeffrey Lant, especially for your enjoyment.

His stories include:
- “'We need a little Christmas.' Why I'm working hard right this minute to make Christmas 2011 the best ever.”

- “Christmas from another point of view. The Grinch has his day... astonishing revelations from his first-ever interview exclusive to me exclusively here.”

- “Cambridge senior citizen releases stunning manuscript of Herod, King of the Jews. Astonishing revelations from the man accused of 'The Slaughter of the Innocents' and intended murder of Jesus The Christ.”

- “First Christmas away from home. Paris. 1967.”

- “’I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day...’ Christmas Eve 2015. God is not dead nor doth He sleep. Cambridge, 1:17 a.m. 69 degrees Fahrenheit, 9 mph, humidity 94%.”

Merry Christmas from Dr. Jeffrey Lant
from the Blue Room
Cambridge, Massachusetts
December, 2016

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeffrey Lant
• Release date: Dec 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781540164728

Jeffrey Lant

Dr. Jeffrey Lant is known worldwide. He started in the media business when he was 5 years old, a Kindergartner in Downers Grove, Illinois, publishing his first newspaper article. Since then Dr. Lant has earned four university degrees, including the PhD from Harvard. He has taught at over 40 colleges and universities and is quite possibly the first to offer satellite courses. He has written over 50 books, thousands of articles and been a welcome guest on hundreds of radio and television programs. He has founded several successful corporations and businesses including his latest at …writerssecrets.com His memoirs “A Connoisseur’s Journey” has garnered nine literary prizes that ensure its classic status. Its subtitle is “Being the artful memoirs of a man of wit, discernment, pluck, and joy.” A good read by this man of so many letters. Such a man can offer you thousands of insights into the business of becoming a successful writer. Be sure to sign up now at www.writerssecrets.co

Book preview

Introduction https://youtu.be/BHH5m6an-Cg

Special reading by Dr. Jeffrey Lant at: https://youtu.be/BHH5m6an-Cg

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It occurs to me each year how very little I know about Christmas, and not just me either, but you and all your family are all unknowing about this most important event in human history. Indeed, if you were forced to take an examination on the subject of Christmas, you would most likely fail and fail miserably.

This is most disheartening, given how much of our lives we spend on this subject  we know so little about. So I am going to play a little game with you. I am going to pretend that CNN had covered and was now covering again each and every aspect of what the overwhelming majority of people worldwide think is their way to heaven, and their soul in eternal bliss.

Let us begin

Cooper: Hello, this is Anderson Cooper in New York, where our regional CNN desk office has been in touch with Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer in Jerusalem, where our regional office is now fully established. We also have representatives scattered around the area, even including some in King Herod’s entourage. For obvious reasons, I cannot tell you their names. Jake, let’s start with you. What some are calling the most important event in the history of our species is now purported to be underway. Have you got any details on this Jake? What about you Wolf? You got anything for us?

Blitzer: This afternoon we received some secret intelligence from inside King Herod’s palace. The importance of this event focuses on who will emerge as the King of the Jews, and hence the most import person in all of Judea and historic Israel.

Cooper: Wolf, can you give us an authentication on who leaked this information to the public? We’re picking up reports that Herod is very nervous about what’s going on. Wolf, have you got anything to say about that?

Blitzer: Well Anderson, only this. His Majesty is jumpy most of the time, and no wonder. He is the object of unceasing assassination attempts.

Cooper: Since he is constantly on the alert for assassination, what makes this claim one in which he seems to have taken a pronounced personal interest?

Blitzer: Well for one thing, the Roman governor, Pontius Pilot, asked to see Herod this afternoon. Or at least that’s what we were told. It is very unusual for the Roman governor to ask for an audience with the King, and essentially warn him that something different is underway.

Cooper: Wolf, I can’t recall a time when the governor, or any high Roman official went to warn Herod. Does this mean there is something special about this particular event, and if so, what is it?

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Tapper: "Anderson, this is Jake Tapper here in Jerusalem. I want you to know I’m on my way to a secret location. We’ve had a reliable tip from someone in the inner circle of the man they’re calling the Messiah, and I must leave Jerusalem immediately. I will let you know when I arrive at the site, around four to five hours from now. I am told one can find the exact place where I’m going from the location of an exceptionally bright star in the