Mary An Unlikely Choice We now come to Mary, the fifth character mentioned in the Christmas story. Like others in this story she seems an unlikely person for her role. She was an unlikely choice to be the mother of Jesus: because of where she lived. She lived in the small, insignificant village of Nazareth, not in the royal city of Jerusalem. because of her age. Young women were betrothed to be married as young as 12 years old. It’s just a guess but she may have been around 16 years old. because of her status in life. She had ...