Sitting high atop South Mountain, the lone star peeking out ... to the schoolchildren. Live Nativity and Christmas liturgy at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania(Photo: Courtesy ...

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there ... a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity cave, which many Christians ...

Vinh said he always comes to Bethlehem to mark Christmas, but this year was especially sobering. He gazed at a nativity scene in Manger Square with a baby Jesus wrapped in a white shroud ...

Everyone knows the nativity ... a bright star in the east. Go outside after sunset this month and look to the east, and yes, there it is – the Star of Bethlehem! The Christmas Star!

The church is topped with a star ... their Christmas cards postmarked from “Bethlehem” and envelopes stamped with a Christmas greeting from the town. Those who do visit these two Nativity ...

The priest said the town, as you can imagine, goes all out decorating for Christmas. Many of the decorations are religious, such as a Nativity ... Bethlehem bearing an image of the star and ...

The star is one of the most iconic symbols of Christmas, often found atop Christmas trees, in festive decorations, and depicted in nativity scenes ... to as the Star of Bethlehem, symbolizes ...