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 ...

Around the corner from the spot where Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a Catholic family runs a small workshop carving Nativity scenes out of olive wood. The Zakharia Brothers woodworking factory has ...

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 ...

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 ...

here explain their views on life in modern Bethlehem. I work with olive wood and I make things especially for Christmas. The tourists buy our nativity sets. Right now I am working on a grotto.

When asked to pick my favorite free Christmas events, the annual Walk Thru Bethlehem is always ... as she hands out olive wood nativity ornaments to families just before they go to the manger ...

Some evidence shows that the use of olive wood in Bethlehem dates back to the fourth century during the construction of the Basilica of the Nativity, Adonia said. And Franciscan monks introduced ...

The grotto is under Bethlehem’s large Church of the Nativity, which was built in ... selling their Christian angels, olive wood Nativities and crosses. If pilgrims experience a bit of disparity ...

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 ...