According to ancient made up myth and yore the Magi (Wise Men) all came from three different places and met en-route to Bethlehem. Supposedly they all got different announcements telling them to get a move on and visit Jesus. Caspar (for that his name, doubtfully) got the best sign, an Ostrich of his gave birth to two eggs, one containing a lion, and a lamb. I bet the question that bugged him for years afterwards was "What would lamb omelette have tasted like?".
In another story, the Magi came from a tribe with a tradition of watching for a certain star every year until it appeared, they'd be doing this for centuries with no luck, but this is exactly the sort of the thing that you don't do one year and that's the year it turns up, so they carried on with it. When finally it did appear they followed it till it disappeared down a well in Bethlehem. The well in question is the well in front of the Greek church of St. Elijah and, excitingly, the star is still in it! Unfortunately for most of the world, it's only viewable by virgins, so go while you can!
The final story from the period of the Nativity worth telling is the most disgusting. When Jesus was circumcised someone took the umbilical cord and made perfume out of it. The very perfume that Mary Magdalen then poured on Jesus' feet. Good huh?
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