Many of us are familiar with the Christmas song, 'We Three Kings of Orient Are.' But how much do we really know about the mysterious Magi from the Christmas story?

The mystery of the Magi FEAST OF THE EPIPHANYThe three kings of Orient are mostly unknown, but they are celebrated each January By BENEDICTA CIPOLLA, Religion News Service Jan 5, 2008 ...

The song, which Hopkins composed in 1857 and originally entitled “The Gift of the Magi,” begins: “We three kings of Orient are,/ Bearing gifts we traverse afar,/ Field and fountain, moor and ...

William Studwell, a retired professor at Northern Illinois University and an expert on Christmas carols, chose “We Three Kings of Orient Are” as one of two `Carols of the Year’ for 2007 to ...