A small camel dreams of adventure and learns the true meaning of reverence on a journey to Bethlehem to see baby Jesus in ...

during which Bethlehem City Council heard more testimony from residents urging it to adopt legislation designating the "Christmas City" a "welcoming city." In the face of increasing investigations ...

Kattan has a deep appreciation for terroir—the belief that the place, landscape ... foods for Bethlehem’s Christians, who often refrain from meat, eggs, and dairy during Lent. An outsized portion is ...

In a glass-fronted, sunlit studio on a wooded ravine in the San Fernando Valley, Tyrus Wong spent summer weekends painting Christmas imagery ... inside a mailbox and a landscape with deer ...

On Christmas Eve 2024, Bethlehem’s usually vibrant streets were uncharacteristically subdued. The checkpoint from east Jerusalem was almost empty, and those arriving by car found few shops open.

As Friar Faltas put it, hope should never die at the Nativity. On Christmas morning, the bells of Bethlehem will still ring out across its ancient landscape. Whether or not the world hears their ...

Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the ...

So, as we gather tonight on Christmas Eve and over the next few ... Victoria Calantoni, 81, Jan. 4: Thoroughbred race horse owner from Bethlehem Township whose career achievement came when she ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741 ... kings carrying gifts — in a tiny landscape decorated with pebbles, wood and moss. Children and parents listened to the recorded voice ...

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled Christmas celebrations for a second year while Israel’s war reigns in Gaza and West Bank Palestinians face Israeli settler attacks and army operations.

BETHLEHEM — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania ... kings carrying gifts — in a tiny landscape decorated with pebbles, wood and moss. Children and parents listened to ...

Beyond its religious roots, Filipino Christmas traditions are also rich in cultural practices, from the iconic star-shaped parol, based on the star of Bethlehem, to the boisterous nochebuena ...