Monday, December 19, 2016

Christmas Post: The Moravian Advent/Christmas Star



The many-pointed Star, sometimes call the Advent Star or the Moravian Star, was introduced IN Salem, NC, in the early 1900’s. It had been developed as a geometry project in several German boys’ schools about 1850. 

In Germany they appear in colors of red, yellow and white. In American they are usually white. Some are made of plastic, others paper, and still others metal. 


The traditional star has 26 points but some have more or less, up to 110. Some are lighted and others not. 

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