Carols play over PA systems, singing out Christmas traditions: Joy and comfort to you, O Little Town of Bethlehem; all is calm, O Holy Night. Where exactly is Bethlehem? The Holy Land? Bethlehem ...

The inspiration for ''O Little Town of Bethlehem" probably came to Brooks on Christmas Eve in 1865 in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, just a few feet from where Jesus was born. Brooks was in ...

“O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie,” begins a beloved Christmas carol sung since 1868, paying homage to Jesus’ birthplace. But have you heard of Bethlehem, Connecticu ...

Some come because they’ve been told by friends or travel books that the ... world will think of Bethlehem this season whenever we sing the familiar carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” ...

The little town of Bethlehem is jammed with a big-city problem. Traffic snarls streets everywhere, including around the church marking the spot where Jesus was born. And now, with Christmas upon ...

Christ is formed in you, making you Bethlehem Ephratah. You become, in effect, the birthplace of Jesus. You become that little town of Bethlehem ... But Gideon protests: “O my Lord, how can ...