A midnight kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Offerings of light and seeds for the Winter Equinox. Many people have heard of the gifts to Jesus from the Maji of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Another ...

Gold fits the idea of kingly wealth, but perfumes would not have met the same standard. But what about frankincense (a costly and fragrant gum and oil from a tree in India and Arabia) and myrrh (an ...