We have all seen beautiful Christmas cards and most of us have sung carols during the Christmas season, which depict pretty nativity scenes of Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus in a stable, in Bethlehem, beneath a brilliant star, surrounded by shepherds and three richly robed wise men. However, there are some differences between the traditional nativity scenes and how the event is depicted in the Biblical account. Were there really shepherds and Magi present together surrounded by curious animals and overlooked by an extraordinary star and multiple angels? What do the disciples say in their accounts? Some do not cover the birth of Jesus at all but the disciple we know as Luke has recorded it as it was told to him by Mary, mother of Jesus. Here we look more closely at Luke's account and think about what happened from Father God's perspective.

Fact check at Luke 2:8-20.