At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the star? The Christmas star At Christmas time, people sometimes put a star on top of the Christmas tree.

This week, three bright planets are making that case to be this year's “Star of Bethlehem” or “Christmas Star,” with Jupiter, Mars and Venus all shining brightly. The legend of a bright ...

The star is mentioned twice, and the text implies the first sighting was at the time of Jesus's birth.

"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 ...

Can Vero Beach, Fort Pierce learn anything from how Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, rebounded after closing of steel mill, hotel, ...

"Reverence and solemnity vied with happiness and gaiety as the Christmas star ushered in Erie's fourth war-time Yuletide at midnight Sunday and for the moment outshone the blue and gold stars in ...

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled Christmas celebrations for a second ... is a small subterranean cave where a 14-point silver star on the marble floor marks the site of Jesus’s birth.

North Pole, Alaska; and Bethlehem (both the Pennsylvania city and the one in the West Bank, recognized by many Christian theologians as the birthplace of Jesus). For decades, the Christmas Day ...

The heart of Bethlehem during Christmas is Manger Square. Christmas in Bethlehem is a time of unity, where the boundaries of denomination fade.

The church is topped with a star that is lit at night and ... time of year — people enjoy getting their Christmas cards postmarked from “Bethlehem” and envelopes stamped with a Christmas ...

Hundreds of worshippers, both Palestinians and foreigners, attended the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity in the West Bank. The regular cheering was absent, and no Christmas tree or ...