First I want to say this is my theory and based on what I may have read or heard.
Being the Son of God He should have been born in a majestic temple. But by his purpose to be made lower than angels Jesus did not desire the worldly Kingdom. As in Matthew 4 He rejects Satan’s offer to to have them.
Being on the same side Joseph was a hard working carpenter. The work of a carpenter can include heavy labor and much planning out measurements and all such things all day at work. So rather I will place Joseph as”Middle class’ or the more average ordinary today like union workers.
Joseph had a respectable job not living in the Rockefeller area but neither the Abraham Cabin boy either. Jesus after all was had a well known family in the area of living. If anyone said where is Joseph the carpenter and his wife Mary I bet most anyone in that city could walk you to their house.
The same effect on Nazareth. I’m pretty sure Jesus and His early family did not dwell inside the house all day for Jesus was out and they told him. Jesus look and see your mother and brothers are here to see you. Jesus answered and told them. “My mother and my brothers are those who do the will of my Father.” Not only that we see Mary at the wedding where Jesus changed the water into the best wine. So if Mary and Jesus were invited they were certainly well known people in Bethlehem and Nazareth.
But where would Jesus birth actually be born on that day? And when was Jesus actually born? I think the when is a much more of a debate than exactly what location. If there are some who do not know December 25th is partly due to the Roman Catholic Church observation of the birth of Jesus. Because Mary also has to be an important figure in the church what Christmas means and how it began.
If you read from the Britannica Encyclopedia about the origin of Christmas you will learn it began as a winter solstice festival which also honors pagan gods with the decorations of these small trees. I believe it was also a festival of gifts.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/115686/Christmas
The Roman Catholic took Dec 25 to change it into the birth of Jesus on that day. Taking this pagan tree and gifts to match the Matthew 2 version of Jesus birth in Bethlehem. So we see the merge of winter season, festival observation and catholic transformation to fit this all as one story. Because if we truly celebrated Christmas in a Christian Church version people would have nativity’s in their living rooms instead of lit trees with a star on top.
The secular groups didn't want any part of Jesus and used Saint Nicholas an old Saint who was very cherishing at giving. . creating him as today Kris Kringle Santa Claus of the North Pole a fabled children story where no person any longer needed to acknowledge God any longer. . That’s why the word X mas replaced the name of Christ. X is also a Roman number as ten. Some say this X sometimes means six. So think about rated X movies. It is six in disguise.
Why share all this in terms of Jesus birth. Because RC makes Jesus to be a poor family that of a shepherd take as Catholics after all are very symbolic in their religion of worship prayer and practices. Mary is proclaimed to be perfectly and an innocent virgin all her life. While she is recognized as a mediator to Jesus himself now. The Shepard as being Gods sheep even as sheep is white wool another symbolic RC trait on Jesus image and birth.
So it is likely from the RC church we have mostly heard of the poor family version of this take and plus add the winter solstice Pagan origin with an incorrect Dec 25 date. Because they honor her conception the RC church honors the conception in December. What sense does that make that Jesus would be born 2 weeks 3 days later?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception
My only guess is the book of 1 Samuel. Hannah had a child who name was called Samuel. While he was young he stayed close to home. But of at age he was brought into the city where the Holy Temple to use the sacrifices to dedicate his life to ordain this young child which she promised. That if she brings forth a child he would Samuel serve God all his life.
I believe they went to a place to see a Godly woman also a nurse who would help Mary to bring Jesus in the world. . . Then Jesus when He became of age was presented as Samuel that Jesus would do the will of His Father God.
They took the anointed oils of frankincense and myrrh to place this upon him making Him as King Lord and Savior. About the Gold it was often to give the gift of jewelry and gold to a high ranking king. Even as Solomon received gifts of gold. A gift of God to the Messiah because He was greater than Solomon for He Jesus as a baby called the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This is my belief on Jesus birth.
