Christmas - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2007 - 55 Euro Cent

Every year on December 25, Christians around the world celebrate Christmas, the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ. One wishes for Christmas blessings and blessings and writes relatives and friends Christmas greetings. Many people frank their mail with Christmas stamps to do good things. The Christmas stamps are issued in favor of the Federal Association of the Free Welfare e.V. Its affiliated organizations help wherever government aid is not enough. The 2007 Christmas stamps show two scenes from the Christmas story. The postage stamp with the motif "The Nativity" (value: 55 + 25 cents) shows Mary with the baby Jesus, next to her an ox and a donkey. The picture is not an illustration of the Christmas story, as the evangelists Matthew and Luke in the Bible tell, there is no reference to the two animals. The fact that they are still depicted in Christmas depictions is due to the speech of the prophet Isaiah (1: 3), which is associated with Jesus' birth: "The ox knows his owner and the donkey the crib of his master." are blind to the divine event and take no notice of the Savior's arrival, the animals are present.