In the gospels, the Christmas story is made up of a whole bunch of little stories. Wise men searching the starry sky. Shepherds watching their flocks by night. The mysterious appearance of angels. It’s an ensemble cast of characters each with their own story. It’s like a movie with multiple storylines that all come together at the end to make one big story. God weaves the threads of all these different characters with their own stories together, to write an amazing story that was more than any of them could have imagined.
Matthew is the one who tells us about these magi from the East. So, why does Matthew tell us about these stargazers who came from hundreds of miles away to look for some child? When they finally find him, they give him the most impractical gifts ever given in the history of Christmas gifts?