Nativity

A manger is a trough or box of carved stone or wood construction used to hold food for animals. The fact that he was laid in a manger implies that Joseph and Mary resorted to a stable for the night, after being rejected from the at-capacity inn. The conditions must have been unsanitary and unpleasant. It was the very last place you would expect a King to be born.

"Do we have room for Christ in our inn? Do give highest priority to Him and His Kingdom?"

Something else we know about the Nativity is that wise men brought valuable worldly gifts to him. There is a great irony in this, since Jesus had actually come to earth to give THEM gifts; and the gifts He brought were of infinite worth. Unlike the gifts we will exchange Christmas morning, the gifts Christ gives cannot be measured by size, weight, color, cost, or number of batteries required to operate them. What are the gifts that our Savior gives?