The Advent Light of Promise

Like the lights we see in the heavens at night

Which twinkle so visibly, though already dead 

Symbolically....

One both marked the advent of the Christ child

And lit the world with promise of life beyond death

Science 

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com › space-science › areAre most of the stars we see already dead? - BBC Sky at Night ...

Jun 22, 2025 · Using our knowledge of the rate of stellar deaths in the Milky Way, the death rate for visible stars works out at about one star every 10,000 years or so