Was There a Star of Bethlehem? An Astronomer Presents the Evidence.0

• Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Science
• January 5, 2026

Christmas is over, right? Or so many of us think. But before the Christmas season ran from Thanksgiving to Dec. 25, as it does today, the first few days of January were a major part of the Christmas celebration. The “Twelve Days of Christmas” officially end on Jan. 6, or Epiphany, the day on which