2000 years ago the world greatest saviour was born. Lets FAST FORWARD 2000 years and with the level of security.
If Mary and Joseph tried to reach Bethlehem today, they would get stuck at an Israeli military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank in Palestine. So, rather than a manger, we would probably be singing about a detention cell as the birth place of Jesus, with armed soldiers, rather than donkeys, watching!
The wise men from the East would have been arrested, interrogated, and their exotic "gifts" declared contraband and confiscated. Christmas would be a whole lot different than it is today. Well, thank God today is not like 2000 years ago.