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 ...

The Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was written in 1868 by Phillips Brooks. Brooks was the second rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square. "He was in Bethlehem ...

While Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra sing Lewis Redner’s melody, most English carol books use this: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Vaughan Williams). Picture: IMSLP/Vaughan Williams This version takes ...

Before I review any books, I want to announce that the Denton Record-Chronicle will be starting a book club in the new year. Lucinda Breeding and I will be leading it and Club Book Talk will meet ...

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 ...

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.” ...