Gold Frankincense & Myrrh
The first Christmas gifts were gold, frankincense, and myrrh presented to the Christ Child by the Magi as recorded in Matthew’s Gospel 2:1-12. In Biblical times frankincense and myrrh were as costly as gold. The givers of these gifts were astrologers from the East, probably Babylonian but possibly Persian, Arabian, or even Ethiopian where various castes of Magi were kn…