Celebrate Christmas with this booklet of 12 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps from our 2022 Christmas Nativity stamp issue.

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Booklet of 12 Permanent™ domestic stamps inspired by the Nativity
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About Christmas and holiday stamps

Canada Post has been issuing Christmas and holiday stamps every year since 1964. Holiday mailers and collectors can choose stamps featuring either secular holiday imagery or more traditional sacred Christmas imagery.

About the Nativity

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

Matthew 2:9

In biblical accounts, the star of Bethlehem served as both a guide that led the Magi to find baby Jesus and a sign that the prophecy of the coming saviour had been realized. Scholars and astronomers have searched historical records, and even observed remnants of ancient supernovas, in an attempt to date the birth of Christ and identify the nature of such a momentous event in the heavens. However, it remains a mystery whether the unusually bright celestial light was a star, a comet, a nova, a supernova – or even a conjunction of planets, which would have been recognized as a particularly auspicious sign by the learned Magi. Regardless of its origins, the star as described in the Gospel of Matthew provides assurance that the coming of the Christ Child was the fulfilment of God’s covenant with the faithful, and it remains a shining symbol of divine guidance, particularly at Christmas time.

About the design

Designed by Paprika and illustrated by Fanny Roy, this stamp features a creative rendering of the Nativity, emphasizing the star that led the Magi to the infant Jesus. Awash in deep cerulean hues and golden yellows, the ethereal star of Bethlehem shines big and bright at the centre, casting a serene light over the nativity scene below. The word "Christmas" is printed in the top left corner in a golden font matching the star.

Product # 114210

Christmas (2022), Nativity: Permanent™ domestic rate stamps - booklet of 12