In our current context dreams are often seen as “weird” or “odd” or simply a complex web of thoughts our brains sort through at the end of the day - somehow deciding what to keep and what to delete. But the stories at the beginning of Matthew’s Gospel suggest a very different way of viewing and understanding dreams; to the extent that they are central the Christmas story. Somehow, this dream suggests that we may need to pay attention to more than what is in the tangible world.