There is a Christmas song I've heard a few times over the past few years, one that sounded like it was written to be sung with a bit of 'soul', not an old one, that says 'born in a manger.' I tried to look it up, and apparently there are other songs that say Jesus was 'born in a manger.'Quora had a question about Jesus being born in a manger, and one of the responses said it was a common saying that Jesus was 'born in a manger.' I hadn't heard that other than in the songs, though. I grew up in church and heard the Luke passage about Jesus being wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. I know what the swaddling clothes are, but I've wondered if there is some other significance to his being wrapped in swaddling clothes. How would this be different than other baby if it was a common practice? Maybe the combination of the swaddling clothes and lying in a manger was the sign to them. The way indoor mangers are described though, you'd think some mother might have already used one as a cradle. But maybe they set something up away from the animal feed in situations that were less crowded