There are 3 Masses on Christmas.
"Besides, this Jesus, who is born ton-night, is born thrice. He is born of the Blessed Virgin, in the stable of Bethlehem; He is born by grace, in the hearts of the Shepherds, who are the first fruits of the Christian Church, and He is born eternally from the Bosom of the Father, in the brightness of the Saints: to this triple Birth, therefore, let there be the homage of a triple Sacrifice!"
~ Dom Gueranger in The Liturgical Year, Volume 2
In the 3rd Mass of Christmas, the Last Gospel of St. John is the actual Gospel recounting the eternal generation of the Son of God in the Bosom of His Father. In the pre-1955, there would be a Proper Last Gospel of Matthew 2:1-12 from Epiphany. In the 1962, there is no Last Gospel.
Merry Christmas!
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