Christmas is an equal opportunity holiday. It's celebrated in churches, homes, town squares ... For instance: your local planetarium. The "Star of Bethlehem" show is — or was — to planetariums ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank >> The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank >> Bethlehem is gearing up for a subdued Christmas, without the festive lights and customary Christmas tree towering over Manger Square, after officials in Jesus ...

You could be forgiven for thinking that it is always Advent in Bethlehem ... Christmas tree lighting in Manger Square. No parade with scouts playing the bagpipes and drums. No Christmas market on ...

In the middle of Manger Square in the Old City of Bethlehem, a group of Palestinian teenage girls pose for selfies in front of a gigantic, shimmering Christmas ... Square, Star Street and Manger ...

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star of Bethlehem guided three Magi ... comets were often regarded as bad omens. "For Christmas cards, it makes a nice picture having a comet and a tail ...