Why doesn’t the gospel of Matthew mention the little drummer boy?
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A young man who, upon seeing a young woman who was exhausted from a long journey and had only just got her baby boy to sleep, figured "what this girl needs is a drum solo".
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Come they told me
Pa rum pum pum pum
A new born king to see,
Pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the king
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
So to honor him
Pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.
Little baby
Pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too,
Pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give our king
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Shall i play for you!
Pa rum pum pum
On my drum.
Mary nodded
Pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for him
Pa rum pum pum
I played my best for him
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Then he smiled at me
Pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.
Mary nodded
Pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for him
Pa rum pum pum
I played my best for him
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Then he smiled at me
Pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum
Me and my drum
Me and my drum
Me and my drum
Me and my drum
Me and my drum
Me and my drum
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Ugh, Because the Little Drummer Boy is a silly song written in 1941 that has no basis in Christian Tradition or Scripture. It comes from the imagination of a composer not Scripture. I don't know anyone who actually believes there was a little drummer boy. It is just a silly tune that gained popularity. It is about as scriptural as "Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer".
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As for why Matthew's gospel doesn't mention the drummer boy, it's probably for the same reason it doesn't mention Mariah Carey's Christmas song.
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Really spooked the animals too . . .