Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated.

A popular theory is that the "Star of Bethlehem" wasn't a ... are visible now in the night skies. At peak brightness about two weeks ago, the Christmas Star — Venus this year, especially ...

Stars can be seen in the night sky. Picture Alliance/DPA via Getty Images The "Christmas Star" may ... texts give reports of a particular star, the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the prophets ...

Jupiter will be at its brightest and most visible in the night sky on Saturday ... Some are even calling it a “Christmas star,” a name that harkens back to tradition cited in the Bible ...

Today, Venus is referred to as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said. Stars can be seen in the night sky. When Jupiter is ...

Volunteers from several churches and the surrounding community bring Bethlehem to life on the night that baby Jesus ... While village residents know a star has guided visitors to the village ...

ASHEVILLE - The Christmas Star set high in the Bethlehem sky offering guidance ... Once the $3,500 goal was met the star would be lighted each night during the holiday season and return annually ...

In the middle of Manger Square in the Old City of Bethlehem ... have the mass on the night of the 24th and we're going to have different groups participating in the Christmas night celebrations ...

Sitting high atop South Mountain, the lone star peeking out of the trees can be seen from just about anywhere: the highway and Main Street, and its bright light shines directly into Bethlehem ...

The two planets appeared so close together in Earth’s night sky on the winter ... that coincided with the biblical first Christmas: the Star of Bethlehem. But did such a cosmic sight ever ...

Once the patriarch arrives in Bethlehem, he will walk down Star ... on Christmas Eve 2022.Credit...Hazem Bader/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Mr. Fakhouri also works as a night shift ...