{"product_id":"forever-stamps-2016-nativity-traditional-christmas-scene-first-class-postage","title":"Nativity 2016 Forever Stamps — Traditional Christmas Scene, First-Class Postage","description":"\u003ch2\u003eIssue facts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Day City: Washington, DC\u003cbr\u003eType of Stamp: First Class Mail\u003cbr\u003ePrinted by: Ashton Potter Ltd.\u003cbr\u003eMethod: Offset, Microprint\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Star of Bethlehem\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe star that leads the Magi is one of the most familiar elements of the nativity, and planetariums run programs on it every December.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristianity treats it as a miraculous sign. Astronomers, without necessarily disputing that, have looked for a physical event behind it — a comet, a supernova, or a planetary conjunction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne candidate stands out: a conjunction around 3–2 B.C. involving Jupiter, Regulus and Venus. In the astrological vocabulary of the period, that grouping read as the birth of a king, which is precisely what Magi — likely astronomers themselves — would have been trained to notice. Modern calculations suggest the combined light would have appeared as a bright beacon, and Jupiter's apparent path may account for the star seeming to move ahead of them toward Bethlehem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDivine sign or astronomical coincidence, it has been part of the Christmas story for two thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forever Stamp Center","offers":[{"title":"100 Stamps (5 Books)","offer_id":47100622635207,"sku":"ST16-B1-5","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300 Stamps (15 Books)","offer_id":47100622667975,"sku":"ST16-B1-15","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Stamps (25 Books)","offer_id":47100622700743,"sku":"ST16-B1-25","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 Stamps (50 Books)","offer_id":47100622733511,"sku":"ST16-B1-50","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5000 Stamps (250 Books)","offer_id":47100622766279,"sku":"ST16-B1-250","price":699.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/6250\/4647\/files\/nativity-2016-forever-stamps-main-scaled-1-1-800x600_f0c36aee-7554-444b-b3b7-0f7c63adff00.jpg?v=1788604651","url":"https:\/\/www.foreverstampcenter.com\/products\/forever-stamps-2016-nativity-traditional-christmas-scene-first-class-postage","provider":"center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}