I know it's a bit late, but I wonder about the inn keeper in Bethlehem. He (and his wife) are portrayed variously as being miserly or generous. What I wonder is how the story would have been different if he had been sacrificially generous. How would people for the last 2000 years have remembered him and been inspired if he had taken compassion and given Mary his bed? Admittedly, childbirth is a messy ordeal so a stable would make more sense from that standpoint, but imagine what an impact he would have had by giving Jesus his very best instead of his leftovers. That is my one resolution this year (not just for January) to be more generous.