As Christmas pilgrims pore over the intricately carved Nativity scenes in Bethlehem shop windows, few pause to consider that some of the wood used comes from olive trees older than the events of ...

Around the corner from the spot where Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a Catholic family runs a small workshop carving Nativity scenes out of olive wood ... Nativity figurines carved by Alber ...

They left behind a small shop and olive wood factory ... are world-renowned for their intricately carved Mother and Child statues, as well as their Nativity scenes, some small enough to fit ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - As Christmas pilgrims pore over the intricately carved Nativity scenes in Bethlehem shop windows, few pause to consider that some of the wood used comes from olive ...