There is an odd little carol which is sometimes sung on this first Sunday after Christmas. It begins:

There's snow on the mountain and ice on the pond,
The Wise Men are home now in the back of beyond.
The Shepherd's have left us; the heavens are dumb;
There's no one to tell us why Jesus has come.

It ends:

But God's in His heaven, and Jesus has come
To show every sinner he's welcome back home,
To be this world's Saviour from hunger and fear,
And give us new courage to face the New Year.

We have courage to face this New Year because of Jesus. He is Immanuel—God with us and for us.