or the Birth-Day of Christ, commonly called Christmas Day
Sandro Botticelli
between circa 1473 and circa 1475
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Public Domain
The collect
Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
The One Year Lectionary 