BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Christmas City's official Christmas tree is now lit. The Bethlehem tree-lighting ceremony was held Friday night outside Payrow Plaza. Mayor J. William Reynolds helped with the ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian ... empty church a week before the holiday. “The light that was born when Jesus Christ was born here is the light ...

Note: Of the columns I have been asked to repeat, this one ranks highest among my readers. “O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent ...

one of these stationary points occurred when Jupiter was directly overhead in Bethlehem for several nights, aligning with biblical accounts,” said Kim. The “Christmas Star” may have been a ...

I still get excited at Christmas time. I enjoy decorating the tree, shopping for presents, and listening to Christmas music. One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is seeing so many ...

The festive lights and giant tree that normally ... Tourism accounts for an estimated 70% of Bethlehem's income — almost all from the Christmas season. Salman said unemployment is hovering ...

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian ... empty church a week before the holiday. “The light that was born when Jesus Christ was born here is the light ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... on the Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found: The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square ...