so are the three days of darkness gonna happen in a week or so or what??

I hope not. I still have to do xmas shopping.

id love to do shopping do christmas shopping but im broke till next year.. let the darkness come.. im gonna go zombie huntin!!

Zombies make really bad xmas presents. They are prone to biting after sitting under the tree all night. Might I suggest lawn ornaments stolen from the neighbors instead?

no, relax and enjoy.

I got candles ready just in case!

Here ya go OP, from NASA....

[link to www.nasa.gov]

Q: Is NASA predicting a "total blackout" of Earth on Dec. 23 to Dec. 25?

A: Absolutely not. Neither NASA nor any other scientific organization is predicting such a blackout. The false reports on this issue claim that some sort of "alignment of the Universe" will cause a blackout. There is no such alignment (see next question). Some versions of this rumor cite an emergency preparedness message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. This is simply a message encouraging people to be prepared for emergencies, recorded as part of a wider government preparedness campaign. It never mentions a blackout.

Q: Could planets align in a way that impacts Earth?

A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. One major alignment occurred in 1962, for example, and two others happened during 1982 and 2000. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.