Day 15

No self-respecting nativity play would be without the magi or three kings or wise men, who followed the star to Bethlehem. In the Bible, there weren’t three and they weren’t kings. Later legend deduced there were three because they gave three presents – gold, frankincense and myrrh. Only later were they called kings. Perhaps the magi were the equivalent of the scientists of their day. Although their science was rudimentary, they sought to understand the mysteries of creation and, in a time when all things were seen as linked, they studied the heavens to answer questions about the earth.