. . . it is that a great virtuous god is born?  Christmas visions, from one who practices the teachings of the Buddha:

  The Lotus Sutra:  “Parable of the Magic City” – “’Then eastward, all the palaces of the Brahma heavens in the five hundred myriad countless domains were brilliantly illuminated with double their normal brightness. And each of those Brahma heavenly kings reflected thus: ‘For what reason does this sign appear, that our palaces are now illuminated as never before?’ Then those brahma heavenly kings all visited each other to discuss this affair. Meanwhile, amongst those assembled there was a great Brahma heavenly king named Savior of All who addressed the host of Brahmas in verse:

‘In all our palaces
never has there been such shining;
what can be its cause?
Let us together investigate it.
Is it that a great virtuous god is born,
is it that a buddha appears in the world,
that this great shining
everywhere illuminates the universe?’