{"id":1675,"date":"2010-01-06T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.wordpress.com\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2010-01-06T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T14:42:20","slug":"magi-star-gazing-jan-feb-party-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/magi-star-gazing-jan-feb-party-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Magi Star Gazing: (Jan &amp; Feb) (Party Kit)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>January Epiphanies cont.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many of us don&#8217;t brave the cold in January and February to see the constellations.<\/p>\n<p>In January, many people throughout the world celebrate the Visitation of the Magi, who followed a bright star to find the Christ Child. This extends the Christmas Season celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we could be more mindful of our surroundings, our place in the universe, and other January Epiphanies if we bundled up at least once during January or February, grabbed a blanket and some hot chocolate, coffee, or Irish coffee, and went out for 10-15 minutes of thoughtful star gazing on a clear night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That is my challenge to you.<\/strong>\u00a0But, why not make it a group venture, family activity, or a party? Maybe exchange home made presents or goodies, inexpensive but thoughtful gifts, or white elephant surprises, to Magi it up a bit. If you&#8217;d like to include related Scripture readings for your time, try Isaiah 60:3 and Matthew 2:1-12.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a <strong>fantastic<\/strong> recipe for slow cooker hot chocolate, plus an image of a star map for January and February\u2013for the\u00a0Northern Hemisphere, (it&#8217;s most accurate during 9-10p.m. Eastern Standard Time.) For Southern Hemisphere, click <a href=\"http:\/\/home.mira.net\/~reynella\/skywatch\/ssky.htm\">here<\/a>. Face in the proper direction, and find the star patterns from the map. Show or teach them to your friends, family, children, or youth group.<\/p>\n<p>And please r<em>emember: If it&#8217;s cold, dress in layers, a hat, gloves, and warm coat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Please ~\u00a0Let me know how it goes, okay?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#333333;\">Hot Chocolate Ingredients<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups whipping cream<\/li>\n<li>6 cups milk, (or 4 cups milk and 2 cups half and half)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 (12 ounce) package milk chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>Garnish:<\/li>\n<li>Whipped cream\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>(other options) Cinnamon, Coconut flakes, Sprinkles, marshmallows, marshmallow fluff, Candy canes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Stir together the whipping cream, milk, vanilla, and chocolate chips in a slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li>Cover and cook on low for 2 to 2 1\/2 hours, stirring occasionally, until mixture is hot and chocolate chips are melted. Stir again before serving. Garnish with whipped cream or other \u00a0garnish, as desired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you try this recipe, use this map, or have a good time star gazing soon, I&#8217;d LOVE to hear about it. Who says the holidays are over?<\/p>\n<p>Nah!<\/p>\n<p>(Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/ataglance\">here<\/a> for another January Northern Hemisphere sky map resource)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1676\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/jan-febstarmap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1676\" title=\"jan-febStarmap\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/jan-febstarmap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/jan-febstarmap.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/jan-febstarmap-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/jan-febstarmap-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/jan-febstarmap-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/jan-febstarmap-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Star Map for Northern Hemisphere (Jan &amp; Feb)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magi Star Gazing Party Kit: Star Map, Cocoa Recipe included<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[276,277,278,279,408,559,11,639,14,738,739,740,16,748,799,965,1077,1133,1138,1225,1262,27,1406,1413,1451,35,1696,1698,1701,1813,1826,41,2058,2108,50,2127,2316,2352,2430,2431,2487,2579,2580,2794,3064,3113,3157,3159,3226,3233,3297,3363,3431,3432,3433,3658,3690,3720,3722,3723,3798],"class_list":["post-1675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-astrology","tag-astronomer","tag-astronomers","tag-astronomy","tag-big-dipper","tag-candy-canes","tag-chocolate","tag-chocolate-chips","tag-christians","tag-cocoa","tag-coconut","tag-coconut-flakes","tag-coffee","tag-cold-weather","tag-constellations","tag-desserts","tag-eclipse","tag-entertaining","tag-epiphany","tag-family-fun","tag-february","tag-food","tag-galaxies","tag-garnish","tag-gifts","tag-holidays","tag-host","tag-hostess","tag-hot-chocolate","tag-irish-coffee","tag-january","tag-jesus","tag-little-dipper","tag-magi","tag-magi-party","tag-manger","tag-nativity","tag-night-sky","tag-orion","tag-orions-belt","tag-party","tag-planetarium","tag-planets","tag-recipe","tag-shin-dig","tag-slow-cooker","tag-southern-hemisphere-stars","tag-space","tag-stable","tag-stars","tag-sun","tag-telescope","tag-three-kings","tag-three-kings-day","tag-three-wisemen","tag-weather","tag-white-dwarf","tag-winter","tag-winter-party-star-gazing","tag-winter-partystar-gazing","tag-zodiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}