The wise men not only recognized the sign of the star for Jesus' birth, but they went out to find Him. We also need to not just stop at learning about Jesus, but to seek after Him until we too find Him. In order to get the Lord's blessings, we must face Him fully as the wise men did over two millinia ago.
Links referring to early Christians researching birth date of Jesus:
https://tcschmidtblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/schmidt-calculating-december-25-as-the-birth-of-jesus-in-hippolytus1.pdf
https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/how-december-25-became-christmas/
