Luke 2:19 — “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.” In the 9 months leading up to the birth of Jesus, Mary experienced many extraordinary things. Then as soon as her baby was delivered a group of shepherds turned up wanting to see the child! They said they’d seen angels in the sky who told them that the Messiah had been born.
What was Mary’s response to all of this? She kept these things in her heart and contemplated them. This seems to have been a regular habit of hers, and she actually stands as an example to us — an example of what is often missing at Christmas.