This Small Group Guide has been designed to help middle school youth address the difficulties of this past year, the uncertainties surrounding what Christmas may look like in 2020, and to understand the truth that no outer circumstances can actually change the true meaning of Christmas. Over the four sessions in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, middle school youth will prepare their hearts to receive Jesus at Christmas and understand that nothing was perfect leading up to or surrounding the events of the first Christmas. In the midst of hardship, poverty, and the messiness of a stable, God did His greatest work — He sent His only Son to our world to save us. The youth will come to realize that no matter what happens, nothing can change the truth of Christmas and no matter the circumstances they are facing, Jesus brings light and hope.