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We’re right to expect big things out of Christmas. Unfortunately, we often look for those things in all the wrong places. Just like he did at the first Christmas, God often gives us these blessings "undercover.” He puts his best gifts in the last place we’d expect to find them - like in a manger. Today we will see how this is first of all true in the life of Jesus. Jesus came to be a king, to win a crown not only for himself but for us too. And yet, that crown was won on the last place you’d expect - the cross that he willingly went to as he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. But because Jesus won that crown in the least expected of ways, no matter who we are or what we’ve done, we can join in claiming his victory as our own by saying, “Hosanna!” God save us!