Christmas
25 December 2026 — The star leads across the sky and carolers sing: it is Christmas, peace to your home!
Christmas is the Christian feast of the Nativity of Jesus. Most churches celebrate it on 25 December, while some Orthodox churches that still use the Julian calendar mark it on 7 January in the Gregorian calendar. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates on 25 December. The Gospels do not give the date; observing 25 December became established in the fourth century. The festival's best-known symbol is the Star of Bethlehem, which the Gospel of Matthew says guided the Magi. Some scholars link it to astronomical events such as a planetary conjunction or a comet, but the question remains open. In Bulgaria, carolers known as koledari go from house to house around Christmas, carrying decorated staffs and wishing the hosts health, abundance and peace; in return they are offered food. The holiday falls close to the winter solstice (around 21 December), when days begin to lengthen, which adds a theme of light amid the longest nights.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure made of luminous dots and fine lines, like a constellation: a kindly bearded old man in a long hooded winter coat rides a wooden sleigh pulled by a team of reindeer with branching antlers, gliding across the night sky and leaving a soft trail of twinkling star dust
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