On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity scene in the Vatican’s Paul VI ... The practice of olive wood carving is a pillar of the community’s economic and cultural identity dating back ...

As Christmas approaches, the tradition of setting up a nativity scene becomes a cherished activity ... Each nativity set is meticulously carved from olive wood by Christian families in Bethlehem.

A nativity scene featuring baby Jesus wrapped ... (credit: REUTERS/YARA NARDI) The sculpture was designed from olive wood, as well as mother-of-pearl, stone, ceramic, glass, felt, and fabric.

Ayman Oghanna for NPR Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity scenes, camels and crosses. But this year ...

The tables of scenes are tidily displayed with each nativity self-contained. There are antique olive wood displays, ceramics, metal scenes and even a rubber-ducky Nativity. "We all come from ...

A Christian businessman from Bethlehem who runs a store that sells hand-carved olive wood Nativity scenes said on a visit to Birmingham this week that tourism in the birthplace of Jesus has dried ...

The Nativity scene unveiled on Saturday ... Carving statues and religious scenes from olive wood has been a pillar of the Holy Land’s economic and cultural identity for centuries.

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. The Zakharia Brothers woodworking factory has ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity scenes, camels and crosses. But this year ...