However, the biggest buzz of this new season will be the super-rare “Christmas star ... as one big twinkling star shortly after the sun goes down. The winter solstice is an astronomical ...

In 3,000 BC, the celestial north was the star Alpha Draconis ... That means a Roman using the winter solstice as a reference point for the timing of Christmas would have been celebrating Christmas ...

Visualizing this pole, it quickly becomes obvious that as the Northern pole is angled away from our star, the Southern pole must be angled towards it. That means Winter Solstice accounts for half ...

Astronomers have long debated the "Christmas Star," a bright heavenly blaze ... At 4:20 a.m. Dec. 21, the winter solstice — the moment when the Earth's axis tilts to its furthest reach from ...

The darkest day of the year is upon us, Winter Solstice takes place ... the end of January — meaning no white Christmas for the SouthCoast. Solstice is from the Latin word solstitium, which ...

From this point on, that showboating death star begins its journey ... the light. The winter solstice coincides with several pagan, pre-Christmas holidays and traditions, including but not limited ...

After Christmas ... is what defines winter solstice. It marks the astronomical start of winter when the North Pole is tilted farthest away from our favorite star. That means it marks winter ...

The celebrations and observances of the winter solstice were frowned upon, and it was replaced by Christmas. Despite the churches’ opposition, the celebrations continued, disguised as Christmas.