worshippers come from all over the world to celebrate the holiday season in the "little town of Bethlehem," as the famous Christmas carol goes. This year, amid the Israel-Hamas war, Bethlehem is a ...

(Photo: Joseph Pronechen ... Those who do visit these two Nativity treasures can continue singing Little Town of Bethlehem’s later verses: How silently, how silently The wondrous gift is ...

“O Little Town of Bethlehem” is a cherished favorite. During this festive season we ponder on the events that occurred in that little town 2,000 years ago; the Three Wise Men, the humble ...

but one of the first and perhaps the most famous is Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a town of 75,000 in the eastern state’s Lehigh Valley, a short drive from Allentown. Bethlehem was founded in 1741 ...