Nativity Presents
Pezzer (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2002 at 11:21 GMT

I don't know about you but I think that gold, frankinsence and myrrh were naff presents (and very hard to spell too).

I think a set of fish knives would have been more useful.

And some waterproof shoes perhaps.

But then - if they got them from M&S they could always exchange them.

Re: Nativity Presents
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2002 at 13:07 GMT

There is some doubt that they ever were three wise men!

Pezzer

They have been shown in the earliest pics as being black!

They were all probably early Pop Idol guys

Re: Nativity Presents
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2002 at 13:43 GMT

Oh, they were just a bunch of queens. Not *kings*.

Re: Nativity Presents
Anonymous 21 Dec 2002 at 14:17 GMT

do u mean that blacks can't be wise men?

Re: Nativity Presents
® Graham (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2002 at 18:49 GMT

Surely Vouchers would have been more useful.

What the hell is 'myrrh' anyway?

Re: Nativity Presents
® MalB (in the United Kingdom) 21 Dec 2002 at 18:53 GMT

It's an aromatic oil or resin. It was used in both anointing and embalming. The nativity gift was therefore related both to the "priesthood" of Christ and to his death.

Here endeth the first lesson.

Re: Nativity Presents
Pezzer (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2002 at 01:20 GMT

And another thing - if we take 25th December as Christ's birthday and we measure the years from Christ's birth - why isn't New Years Day boxing day?

Or maybe he was overdue?

Maybe 25th was the first contraction!

Re: Nativity Presents
® random (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2002 at 11:30 GMT

Taking Christ's birth as 4BC or 5BC, I assume? (because, ironically, Biblical sources indicate this to be about the right date.)