Unexpected Gifts

We three kings from orient are...
Not from the orient.
We three kings...
No, not kings either.
We three...
Well, maybe, but probably not.

Properly considered, the story of the Magi isn't even part of the birth narrative of Jesus, but because we have incorporated it into our Christmas mythology for centuries, we should look at what it could have meant then and what it might mean for us today.

And what was up with that star?