It's Christmas in Bethlehem, which Christians celebrate as the birthplace of Jesus. For the second year in a row, official celebrations have been canceled. Palestinian leaders say they cannot ...

Christmas festivities in Bethlehem have been toned down for a second ... service — one of several on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The 12th-century monument reopened earlier this month ...

“Bethlehem is the capital of Christmas. It’s supposed to be the ... city where the faith was born will dwindle and might one day disappear. “We are very, very concerned,” Isaac said.

In the middle of Manger Square in the Old City of Bethlehem, a group of Palestinian teenage girls pose for selfies in front of a gigantic, shimmering Christmas tree. Visiting from Nazareth, a ...

In Victorian days, Rice said, Bethlehem’s residents would “go putzing” – visiting each other’s homes between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day to look at Nativity scenes. In 1937 ...

“We hope by next year at the same day we’d be able to celebrate Christmas at our homes and go to Bethlehem,” said Najla Tarazi, a displaced woman who prayed for the war to end. “We don’t ...

HENDERSONVILLE — For 41 years, the Bounty of Bethlehem community Christmas day dinner has brought the Henderson County community together, and this year, the event’s message of unity and hope carries ...

Tours begin every 10 minutes from 3-5 p.m. each day at the ... The Christmas story really affects everyone uniquely,” Lintern said. Lintern wrote the "Journey to Bethlehem" in 1993 for First ...