Since it is so close to Christmas, could you forgive a really bad joke?

Snow White took photos of the Seven Dwarfs and their surroundings. She took the film to be developed. After a week or so she went to get the finished photos. The clerk said the photos were not back from the processor. Needless to say, she was disappointed and started to cry. The clerk, trying to console her, said, "Don't worry, Snow White. Someday your prints will come."

We've already noted that the people of Israel were awaiting their prince, their Messiah, who would come to save them. Today we celebrate one of the most famous and best-loved of the messianic prophecies from the book of Isaiah. "Therefore," writes Isaiah, "the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son…