If you're looking for a place that combines holiday cheer with an affordable cost of living then this Pennsylvania town might ...

According to the Christian Christmas story ... Around 2,000 years later, almost all of Bethlehem's 5,000 hotel rooms are empty. There is a lack of tourists, which is not only a problem for ...

According to the Christmas story, Mary was forced to give birth to Jesus in a stable because there was no room at the inn. Today, nearly all of Bethlehem's 5,500 hotel rooms are empty. The city's ...

In 1937, the local chamber of commerce launched a campaign promoting Bethlehem as "Christmas City USA." As part of that promotion, they took the tradition of the putz to the historic Hotel ...

In 1937, the local chamber of commerce launched a campaign promoting Bethlehem as “Christmas City USA.” As part of that promotion, they took the tradition of the putz to the historic Hotel Bethlehem ...

Local officials say over 70 hotels in Bethlehem were forced to close, leaving thousands of people unemployed. Gift shops were slow to open on Christmas Eve, although a few did once the rain had ...

Local officials say over 70 hotels in Bethlehem were forced to close, leaving thousands of people unemployed. Gift shops were slow to open on Christmas Eve, although a few did once the rain had ...

(Photo: Derek Ramsey ) “Bethlehem did not create Christmas, Christmas created Bethlehem,” Vernon Melhado, president of the 1937 Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, said as he kicked off a letter ...

No extravagant decorations that normally bedeck the West Bank city of Bethlehem at Christmas ... works as a night shift duty manager at another hotel, but he has now lost that job.