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--> '''Joseph!Peter''': Those two statements contradict eachother.

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* Invoked as a joke in the FamilyGuy episode ''Jesus, Mary and Joseph'' where the three wise men, played by Cleveland, Quagmire and Joe, are following the star... only to discover it has air traffic lights.

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* Invoked as a joke in the FamilyGuy ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode ''Jesus, "Jesus, Mary and Joseph'' Joseph" where the three wise men, played by Cleveland, Quagmire and Joe, are following the star... only to discover it has air traffic lights.
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* Invoked as a joke in the FamilyGuy episode ''Jesus, Mary and Joseph'' where the three wise men, played by Cleveland, Quagmire and Joe, are following the star... only to discover it has air traffic lights.
--> '''Quagmire''': Oh my god, it IS a f***ing plane!!
** Eventually, they make their way to Betlehem, presumably following the actual Star, where they find Joseph and an expecting Mary.
--> '''Joe''': We are three wise men! We came here following a star!
--> '''Joseph!Peter''': Those two statements contradict eachother.
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** The story was adapted into a TwilightZone episode, but it had a happier ending.

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** The story was adapted into a TwilightZone ''Series/TwilightZone'' episode, but it had a happier ending.

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* A joke: A teenaged girl and her mother are at the doctor's for some unexplained weight gain and mood swings. The mother virulently swears her daughter [[MyGirlIsNotASlut behaves in every way a respectable young lady should]], and thus cannot explain these symptoms. The doctor looks at them for a moment, then gets up and looks out the window.
--> What are you doing, doctor?
--> The last time this sort of thing happened, a star appeared in the daytime, and then three men on camels showed up with expensive gifts!
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* SciFi short stories sometimes like this star for a TomatoSurprise. For instance, in ArthurCClarke's ''The Star'', a Jesuit astronomer is a member of the crew which finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a Class 5 ApocalypseHow when its sun went supernova. His faith is shaken when he realizes that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem.

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* SciFi short stories sometimes like this star for a TomatoSurprise. For instance, in ArthurCClarke's ''The Star'', a Jesuit astronomer is a member of the crew which finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a Class 5 ApocalypseHow [[ApocalypseHow total extinction]] when its sun went supernova. His faith is shaken when he realizes that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem.
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Interestingly, [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/25/ if the wise men had followed the star Sirius whenever it was visible, they would have indeed reached Bethlehem.]]




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* A proverbial Star of Bethlehem appears at William's Christ-like birth in {{The X-Files}} episode "Existence".
* In a pre-Crisis Superboy/[[ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion]] story, the Teen Of Steel wants to use his pals advanced tech to finally locate the Star. Skeptical Brainiac 5 nonetheless aids the search, but all his efforts reveal is a planet full of a species of alien in desperate need of help. Though they never find the Star, Superboy decides that a planet in need of aid that they would never have found but for the search is the same thing as a star that seemingly never existed.

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* A proverbial Star of Bethlehem appears at William's Christ-like birth in {{The X-Files}} ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Existence".
* In a pre-Crisis Superboy/[[ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion]] story, the Teen Of Steel wants to use his pals pals' advanced tech to finally locate the Star. Skeptical Brainiac 5 nonetheless aids the search, but all his efforts reveal is a planet full of a species of alien in desperate need of help. Though they never find the Star, Superboy decides that a planet in need of aid that they would never have found but for the search is the same thing as a star that seemingly never existed.
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* In the Christmas story ''The Littlest Angel'', the littlest angel's gift to the Child Jesus (a box he had on Earth, containing the sort of small things that are treasures to a very young boy -- a butterfly, a bird's egg, two stones, and the collar that had been his dog's) is turned into the Star of Bethlehem. [[http://www.jdhooperman.com/merrychristmas/LittlestAngel.html You can read it here]]. [[hottip:*:Warning music plays loudly and automatically]]

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* In the Christmas story ''The Littlest Angel'', the littlest angel's gift to the Child Jesus (a box he had on Earth, containing the sort of small things that are treasures to a very young boy -- a butterfly, a bird's egg, two stones, and the collar that had been his dog's) is turned into the Star of Bethlehem. [[http://www.jdhooperman.com/merrychristmas/LittlestAngel.html You can read it here]]. [[hottip:*:Warning [[note]]Warning music plays loudly and automatically]]automatically[[/note]]
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** The story was adapted into a TwilightZone episode, but it had a happier ending.
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* The Star of Bethlehem appears in ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' Volume 22 [[spoiler:as an OminousFloatingCastle summoned by Fiamma of the Right]].

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* The Star of Bethlehem appears in ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' Volume 22 [[spoiler:as an OminousFloatingCastle summoned by Fiamma of the Right]].Right.]]
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* In the ChrisDeBurgh song ''A Spaceman Came Travelling'', the star turns out to be the spacecraft of the eponymous alien spaceman, parked over Bethlehem.

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* In the ChrisDeBurgh song ''A Spaceman Came Travelling'', the star turns out to be the spacecraft of the eponymous alien spaceman, parked over Bethlehem.
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* In the ChrisDeBurgh song ''A Spaceman Came Travelling'', the star turns out to be the spacecraft of the titular alien spaceman, parked over Bethlehem.

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* In the ChrisDeBurgh song ''A Spaceman Came Travelling'', the star turns out to be the spacecraft of the titular eponymous alien spaceman, parked over Bethlehem.
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* In a pre-Crisis Superboy/Legion story, the Teen Of Steel wants to use his pals advanced tech to finally locate the Star. Skeptical Brainiac 5 nonetheless aids the search, but all his efforts reveal is a planet full of a species of alien in desperate need of help. Though they never find the Star, Superboy decides that a planet in need of aid that they would never have found but for the search is the same thing as a star that seemingly never existed.

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* In a pre-Crisis Superboy/Legion Superboy/[[ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion]] story, the Teen Of Steel wants to use his pals advanced tech to finally locate the Star. Skeptical Brainiac 5 nonetheless aids the search, but all his efforts reveal is a planet full of a species of alien in desperate need of help. Though they never find the Star, Superboy decides that a planet in need of aid that they would never have found but for the search is the same thing as a star that seemingly never existed.

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--> '''And it hung there just like a star, just like a star''...

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--> '''And it hung there just like a star, just like a star''...star''....
* Appears in ''LifeOfBrian''. The magi come to the stable where Brian was born, rather than the one {{Jesus}} was born in (the one next to it.)

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* TheBible, by many interpretations.

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* TheBible, Literature/TheBible, by many interpretations.



* In the Christmas story ''The Littlest Angel'', the littlest angel's gift to the Child Jesus (a box he had on Earth, containing the sort of small things that are treasures to a very young boy -- a butterfly, a bird's egg, two stones, and the collar that had been his dog's) is turned into the Star of Bethlehem. [[http://www.jdhooperman.com/merrychristmas/LittlestAngel.html You can read it here]]. [[hottip:*:Warning music plays loudly and automatically]]
* The WesternAnimation/VeggieTales movie ''The Star of Christmas'' had wacky hijinks revolving around an ancient artifact "The Star of Christmas" representing the Star of Bethlehem.

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* In the Christmas story ''The Littlest Angel'', the littlest angel's gift to the Child Jesus (a box he had on Earth, containing the sort of small things that are treasures to a very young boy -- a butterfly, a bird's egg, two stones, and the collar that had been his dog's) is turned into the Star of Bethlehem. [[http://www.jdhooperman.com/merrychristmas/LittlestAngel.html You can read it here]]. [[hottip:*:Warning music plays loudly and automatically]]
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* The WesternAnimation/VeggieTales movie ''The Star of Christmas'' had wacky hijinks revolving around an ancient artifact "The Star of Christmas" representing the Star of Bethlehem.



* A proverbial Star of Bethlehem appears at William's Christ-like birth in {{The X-Files}} episode "Existence".

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* A proverbial Star of Bethlehem appears at William's Christ-like birth in {{The X-Files}} episode "Existence".



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* In the ChrisDeBurgh song ''A Spaceman Came Travelling'', the star turns out to be the spacecraft of the titular alien spaceman, parked over Bethlehem.
--> ''And over a village he halted his craft''
--> '''And it hung there just like a star, just like a star''...

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* The VeggieTales movie ''The Star of Christmas'' had wacky hijinks revolving around an ancient artifact "The Star of Christmas" representing the Star of Bethlehem.

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* The VeggieTales WesternAnimation/VeggieTales movie ''The Star of Christmas'' had wacky hijinks revolving around an ancient artifact "The Star of Christmas" representing the Star of Bethlehem.
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* In a pre-Crisis Superboy/Legion story, the Teen Of Steel wants to use his pals advanced tech to finally locate the Star. Skeptical Brainiac 5 nonetheless aids the search, but all his efforts reveal is a planet full of a species of alien in desperate need of help. Though they never find the Star, Superboy decides that a planet in need of aid that they would never have found but for the search is the same thing as a star that seemingly never existed.
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* SciFi short stories sometimes like this star for a TomatoSurprise. For instance, in Arthur C. Clarke's ''The Star'', a Jesuit astronomer is a member of the crew which finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a Class 5 ApocalypseHow when its sun went supernova. His faith is shaken when he realizes that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem.

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* SciFi short stories sometimes like this star for a TomatoSurprise. For instance, in Arthur C. Clarke's ArthurCClarke's ''The Star'', a Jesuit astronomer is a member of the crew which finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a Class 5 ApocalypseHow when its sun went supernova. His faith is shaken when he realizes that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem.

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* SciFi short stories sometimes like this star for a TomatoSurprise. For instance, there is one story where a Christian interstellar archaeologist finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a Class 5 ApocalypseHow when its sun went supernova. This ends up shaking his faith because that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem -- God destroyed that society to let ours know Jesus was born.

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* SciFi short stories sometimes like this star for a TomatoSurprise. For instance, there in Arthur C. Clarke's ''The Star'', a Jesuit astronomer is one story where a Christian interstellar archaeologist member of the crew which finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a Class 5 ApocalypseHow when its sun went supernova. This ends up shaking his His faith because is shaken when he realizes that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem -- God destroyed Bethelehem.
--> ''Oh, God, there were so many stars you'' could ''have used. What was the need to give these people to the fire,
that society to let ours know Jesus was born.the symbol of their passing might shine above Bethlehem?''
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* A proverbial Star of Bethlehem appears at William's Christ-like birth in {{The X-Files}} episode "Existence".
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** "Oh Holy Night"
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* The Star of Bethlehem appears in ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' Volume 22 [[spoiler:as an OminousFloatingCastle summoned by Fiamma of the Right]].
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*The VeggieTales movie ''The Star of Christmas'' had wacky hijinks revolving around an ancient artifact "The Star of Christmas" representing the Star of Bethlehem.
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* In the Christmas story ''The Littlest Angel'', the littlest angel's gift to the Child Jesus (a box he had on Earth, containing the sort of small things that are treasures to a very young boy -- a butterfly, a bird's egg, two stones, and the collar that had been his dog's) is turned into the Star of Bethlehem. [[http://www.jdhooperman.com/merrychristmas/LittlestAngel.html You can read it here]]. [[hottip:*:Warning music plays loudly and automatically]]
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!! '''Works this appears in''':
* TheBible, by many interpretations.
* Many Christmas carols:
** "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
** "The First Noel"
* SciFi short stories sometimes like this star for a TomatoSurprise. For instance, there is one story where a Christian interstellar archaeologist finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a Class 5 ApocalypseHow when its sun went supernova. This ends up shaking his faith because that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem -- God destroyed that society to let ours know Jesus was born.

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