Big red bows and evergreens line a white fence Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, along East Church Street in Bethlehem. Many homes along the street are beautifully decorated for the holiday. A Christmas ...

The West Bank city of Bethlehem—identified in the Bible as the birthplace of Jesus—held muted Christmas celebrations on Monday amid the war between Israel and Hamas. Christian worshipers pray ...

watch ornaments shine and sway on Bethlehem’s Christmas City Trellis on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, at Payrow Plaza. For 2023, the ornaments are in dedication to first responders. (April Gamiz/The ...

there’s now a giant tree illuminated in Bethlehem’s Payrow Plaza to remind folks that they’re in the Christmas City at the perfect time of year. Hundreds gathered at dusk Friday evening at ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem ... who welcomed diners and posed for photos. Across town, vendors sold ornaments at ...

Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Following the municipality's decision to suspend Christmas events and remove decorations, workers are busy dismantling the light canopy on Manger Square in Bethlehem. Credit: Marinella Bandini ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop ... inspired by television images of children being pulled from the rubble, Issac says.

Christmas is normally peak season for tourism in Bethlehem, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank just a few miles southeast of Jerusalem. In pre-pandemic times, thousands of pilgrims and ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741 ... who welcomed diners and posed for photos. Across town, vendors sold ornaments at Christkindlmarkt, in the shadow of rusting blast furnaces ...