Ayman Oghanna for NPR Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity ... So I just put the Nativity set on the ...

Handcrafted from the Holy Land: Each nativity set is meticulously carved from olive wood by Christian families in Bethlehem. These sets range in size and detail, allowing families to choose one ...

They left behind a small shop and olive wood ... rosaries and Nativity scenes for nearly two millennia. Today these families are struggling because tourists are staying away from Bethlehem ...

Midnight Mass is then held at the Church of the Nativity ... and chess sets using the wood from the iconic Palestinian olive trees, which dominate the hills and valleys around Bethlehem.

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity ... 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 ...

Last year, it was the Lutheran reverend, Munther Isaac, who placed a Baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh on a pile of rubble in the nativity scene he set ... Bethlehem, made with wood from the olive ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity ... just put the Nativity set on the ...