Nativity Shmativity

The Last Bethelehemite Innkeeper Tells All (BTW, I, too, have often wondered just what the hell that gold, frankincense, and myrrh were good for if the Holy Family seems to have stayed as poor as ever. What, did Joseph have a secret gambling problem? Did Mary just have to have that designer veil? Were they taken in by a Pharisee Ponzi scheme?)