Celestial Story Time

This week we are celebrating both Christmas and a couple other neat things! Today is the winter solstice, which is the first day of winter. Ancient people like the Vikings celebrated this as the beginning of Yule, and its traditions are still followed in countries like Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.

Tonight is also the great conjunction of the planets Saturn and Jupiter. This phenomenon is also called “The Christmas Star.” Saturn and Jupiter will move close together and appear in the night sky as a very bright star. This is the first time this has happened in 400 years! You can see the Christmas Star in the southwest sky tonight. Look toward the edge of the horizon at sunset.

For our craft, we are again offering our foam ornament kits! Come in to the library to grab one when you get some books.