The hotel is on the site of Bethlehem’s first house. It’s where, on Christmas Eve in 1741, Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf and other Moravian settlers named Bethlehem in honor of the ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating ...

It may not even be spring, but it’s never too early to start planning your holiday trips to the Christmas City.

People packed Bethlehem's Christmas City Village Saturday ... the public now and will stay open a full week leading up to Christmas Eve. Dec. 24 is the last day to shop. {{description}} ...

While spring is just around the corner, the Christmas City is already looking for visitors to start planning their trips to ...

2023 | 11:13 PM Gaza's deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiralled and Israel shifted its strikes to the besieged territory's south.

In a normal year, Bethlehem would be a “city full of ... will still come to deliver his traditional midnight mass on Christmas Eve, but with pilgrims staying away and access to the city ...

On Christmas Eve in 1223, in cave near the cliffside village ... There will be no Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem this year. Shaimaa Khalil reports from the birthplace of Jesus.

On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this ... Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem.