[muawiyah]

Depicting Jews with their heads covered would be true to the event ~ particularly for the folks identified as Jews in the story ~ on the other hand the shephards might simply have been bedouin, or maybe some other nationality then living in this area under Roman control.

What I'd like to see is Santa Claus clearly represented as "Little Red Man", his quite obvious predecessor.

[rmlew]

Depicting Jews with their heads covered would be true to the event ~ particularly for the folks identified as Jews in the story ~ on the other hand the shephards might simply have been bedouin, or maybe some other nationality then living in this area under Roman control.
Jews used to tend sheep too. Abraham, Isaac, and Moses did it!
Of course this part gets tricky, since no one would bring their flocks out in winter.