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Watch now: ‘Christmas star’ will be a bright spot in a year where those have been few – Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
What some are calling a Christmas “star” will appear on Dec. 21, the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn when the two planets will be so close in the twilight and

Growing up on a farm in Benson, we were miles from any light pollution, she said. Stars were phenomenal and we would sit under them and try to figure out the constellations. My seventh-grade science fair project had to do with astronomy and the constellations. So, it started early for me. I still love to sit out on a summer or fall evening and try to figure out which star is what.
The Star of Bethlehem is mentioned with Jesus’ birth only in Matthew. The prophecy in Numbers that a star will come…
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