Alternately, The Morning Star is also a name given to Jesus Christ. The Morning Star's appearance indicates the dawn of light that ends a dark night. As such, Jesus Christ as a savior, source of hope and happiness is identified as The Morning Star.
Longneck Lukowski's Cannery is a famed cannery on the shore of the Commonwealth.
For more years than I can count, I've made clams oreganato on either Christmas, or Christmas Eve. Typically bigger clams, Cherrystones, but I can't see why Littlenecks would be different. Whenever it falls on Christmas, I buy them a day ahead, put them on ice - but not touching the ice (as described)- and they're fine.