And with the town’s record of not only the Bethlehem star, but also the first documented Christmas tree in the nation, and Christmas markets on both sides of the bustling town’s river ...

At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the star? The Christmas star At ...

Christmas is an equal opportunity holiday. It's celebrated in churches, homes, town squares, and on TV. And it's celebrated in less likely places, too. For instance: your local planetarium.

"For Christmas cards, it makes a nice picture ... that a conjunction theory might be correct in his book "The Star of Bethlehem" (Rutgers University Press, 1999). If the "star" was the result ...

Jupiter and Saturn came together in a “Great Conjunction” in 2020 that was unlike any seen in nearly 800 years. The two planets appeared so close together in Earth’s night sky on the winter ...

Go outside after sunset this month and look to the east, and yes, there it is – the Star of Bethlehem! The Christmas Star! Or is it? That bright light high above the eastern horizon is ...

In late December 2022, social media users shared a copypasta post that claimed the "Star ... of Christmas — a story of three kings who traveled to see the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem, guided ...

Bethlehem, a town nearly synonymous with Christmas, is located in what is now ... It's marked with a metal star on the ground, where pilgrims come to touch the stone. It's also where thousands ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank >> Bethlehem is gearing up for a subdued Christmas, without the festive lights and customary Christmas tree towering over Manger Square, after officials in Jesus ...

A couple days before Christmas, Mary Ann gets word from the ... She and the baby, Natalie, head to the Bethlehem Star Inn, and of course there’s no room there, but the proprieter, a woman ...

The "Christmas Star" may have historically been ... Religious texts give reports of a particular star, the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the prophets and religious philosophers of the time ...

Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared ...