A classic Christmas movie, "The Bishop's Wife" tells the story of a minister who
read a sermon to his congregation one Christmas Eve. Unbeknownst to the pastor,
the message he gave was actually written by an angel. It reads as follows:
 

    "Tonight, I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking.
Once upon a midnight clear there was a child's cry.
A blazing star hung over a stable, and Wise Men came with birthday gifts.
We haven't forgotten that night down through the ages.
We celebrate it with a star hung on a Christmas tree, and a cry of bells, and gifts; especially with gifts.
We bind them and wrap them, and we put them under the tree.
You give me a tie, I give you a book, Aunt Martha always wanted an orange squeezer,
Uncle Harry could use a new pipe; oh, we haven't forgotten anyone, adult or child.
All the stockings are filled, all that is, except one, and we have forgotten even to hang it up!
The stocking for the child born in a manger.
It's His birthday we are celebrating, you know. Don't let us ever forget that.
    Let us ask ourselves what He would wish for most, and then let each of us put in his share -
loving kindness, warm hearts, and an out-stretched hand -
all the shining gifts that make peace on earth."