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 ... of a Catholic church in Bethlehem.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.

The animated scene’s 68 figures and 20 animals of carved wood ... The Church of the Nativity vestibule has a life-size manger scene.(Photo: Joseph Pronechen) A panorama of the town of Bethlehem ...

Bethlehem Plans Another Somber Christmas Under the Shadow of War in Gaza BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious ... A worshipper lights a candle in the Church of the Nativity, where ...