The figure has no facial features, but his little round head peeks out from under a “cloth” carved from olive wood ... the home of the Nativity scene characters from that of other Christmas ...

Shop Now Made in Israel, this olive wood nativity set is a family heirloom ... This handmade ornament shows off the creche scene with some holiday flair. Shop Now If you like your holidays to ...

Ayman Oghanna for NPR Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity scenes, camels and crosses. But this year ...

As Christmas approaches, the tradition of setting up a nativity scene becomes a cherished activity ... Each nativity set is meticulously carved from olive wood by Christian families in Bethlehem.

A Christian businessman from Bethlehem who runs a store that sells hand-carved olive wood Nativity scenes said on a visit to Birmingham this week that tourism in the birthplace of Jesus has dried ...

Some evidence shows that the use of olive wood in Bethlehem dates back to ... “I’ve lived my life looking at people creating Nativity scenes, and they are proud of it, so it also meant ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now been placed in the nativity scene without the kefiah. In the Paul VI Hall ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity scene in the Vatican’s Paul VI ... The practice of olive wood carving is a pillar of the community’s economic and cultural identity dating back ...

The classic nativity ... on the scene, handmade Fetish Bears from New Mexico, and scrap metal twisted into Mary’s likeness, were a sharp contrast to classically carved motifs out of olive ...