in the text, it seems that early christians depicted the star as purely supernatural. that only the wisemen could see until it rests over the birthplace of jesus. the account of the wisemen following a star to bethlehem arriving at the birth of christ is told in one of the four gospels in the bible, the book of matthew and much of what we ve come to believe about these men is not actually in the holy scriptures. tradition calls them kaspar, balthazar but the bible never assigns the names. matthew never says there were three and there were kings. only wisemen or magi that brought three gifts. phillip towner says as christianity grew, traditions embellished on the story. does it mean the original story is not true? no. as the story is told, it acquires elements that are very creative. but probably not verifiable. he says the revelation of the
here. merry christmas, everyone. it s a federal holiday today. today could be the busiest shopping day ever, even bigger than black friday. if you re out and about shopping today, send us in some photos of you stuck in line. there will be a lot of people shopping today. tell us how your festivus did. did you air your grievances? did you have feats of strength? we fought last night just for fun. if you re traveling today for christmas, you might want to leave yourself extra time. major lines are already forming at airports across the country and in some places, bad weather is making things even worse. right now, there are major delays at new jersey s newark airport and at philadelphia international. heavy snow in tennessee and southern illinois also causing delays for travelers. russia s parliament is likely to delay its full approval to the start to the new start treaty until at least next month. we re being told. it was expected to be approved today. but a senior russi