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 ... Square in Bethlehem to the old ...

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 ...

A Christian businessman from Bethlehem who runs a store that sells hand-carved olive wood Nativity scenes said on a visit ... businesses thrive, such as shops, restaurants, buses, tour guides ...

A Nativity scene made by ... especially olive wood and mother-of-pearl. The round, almost 10-foot-high installation, the work of over 30 artisans from Bethlehem, also incorporates stone ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity scene ... of olive wood carving is a pillar of the community’s economic and cultural identity dating back to the 4th century. The Star of Bethlehem ...

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 ...

(photo: Vatican Media / VM) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World December 13, 2024 A Nativity scene made by artisans ... Some evidence shows that the use of olive wood in Bethlehem dates back to the fourth ...