Matthew' s account of the magi does not actually say there were three wise men, nor does it describe them as kings.
They are not even mentioned in the other gospel stories.
Nevertheless, three gift-giving Zoroastrians pop up every year around this time -- even though Christmas is not one of their holidays.
And that's just fine with Silloo Tarapore, a Zoroastrian Sunday school teacher who lives in Lafayette.
"We're OK with it,'' said Tarapore, who was busy this week preparing for the upcoming 13th annual North American Zoroastrian Congress.
"Zoroastrians are so used to being a minuscule cultural minority that things like that don't bother us at all.''
An interesting popular article about the magi and about modern Zoroastrianism.
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