“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 ...

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 ...

Here’s the story behind ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’. ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ is one of the most popular Christmas carols – and it was the sight of Bethlehem itself that inspired Phillips Brooks, ...

but one of the first and perhaps the most famous is Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a town of 75,000 in the eastern state’s Lehigh Valley, a short drive from Allentown. Bethlehem was founded in 1741 ...

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 ...

“O Little Town of Bethlehem” was written in 1867 by Phillips Brooks, an Episcopal pastor from Philadelphia. He had been in Israel two years earlier and had celebrated Christmas in Bethlehe ...

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 ...

But Mr Blair, who is trying to promote tourism in Bethlehem as one of his four "Quick Impact Projects" to create some jobs, went a little further. He added that "it would be a great place if the ...

Christians throughout the world will think of Bethlehem this season whenever we sing the familiar carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” But this year, none of us should sing the following words ...

“Oh, little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting light; The hopes and fears ...